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... honors . I refer to Robert T. Conrad , of Philadelphia , and George Washington Barton , of Lancaster , Pennsylvania . They differed in almost every thing . Conrad , in his prime , was a model of manly beauty . His au- burn hair , his ...
... honors . I refer to Robert T. Conrad , of Philadelphia , and George Washington Barton , of Lancaster , Pennsylvania . They differed in almost every thing . Conrad , in his prime , was a model of manly beauty . His au- burn hair , his ...
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... honor to discharge if I had at once the material and the ability . Barton was an orator I have never heard surpassed in either House of Congress , and I may safely say this , as I never heard Henry Clay . He lived , unhappily , in the ...
... honor to discharge if I had at once the material and the ability . Barton was an orator I have never heard surpassed in either House of Congress , and I may safely say this , as I never heard Henry Clay . He lived , unhappily , in the ...
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... honor to the memory of Robert E. Lee , the Con- federate military leader . It was a meeting of men of all parties , and he said : " If the spirit which animates the assembly before me to - night shall become general and extend over the ...
... honor to the memory of Robert E. Lee , the Con- federate military leader . It was a meeting of men of all parties , and he said : " If the spirit which animates the assembly before me to - night shall become general and extend over the ...
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... honors as a popular speaker in Virginia . Born in that State , and educated at Princeton College , New Jersey , he was profoundly attached to the Union . He was filled with appre- hensions of dismemberment in 1850. The extremists demand ...
... honors as a popular speaker in Virginia . Born in that State , and educated at Princeton College , New Jersey , he was profoundly attached to the Union . He was filled with appre- hensions of dismemberment in 1850. The extremists demand ...
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... honored and philosophical retirement ; George Law is living respected upon his immense fortune , the product of a career ... honor himself , and if he voted against them he would betray them - the Republican who dines at the Democratic ...
... honored and philosophical retirement ; George Law is living respected upon his immense fortune , the product of a career ... honor himself , and if he voted against them he would betray them - the Republican who dines at the Democratic ...
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