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Page 80
... hour his allegiance to his favorite party began to weaken , until 1856 , when he took ground in favor of James Buchanan in his celebrated speech at Worcester - the effect of which will be recalled by the unforgotten sentence in which he ...
... hour his allegiance to his favorite party began to weaken , until 1856 , when he took ground in favor of James Buchanan in his celebrated speech at Worcester - the effect of which will be recalled by the unforgotten sentence in which he ...
Page 86
... hours of the war is a fact beyond question - that sometimes his countenance was clouded with sorrow , all who met him know ; and yet he could , so to speak , lift himself out of his troubles , and enjoy his own repartees and the good ...
... hours of the war is a fact beyond question - that sometimes his countenance was clouded with sorrow , all who met him know ; and yet he could , so to speak , lift himself out of his troubles , and enjoy his own repartees and the good ...
Page 87
... hour , yet he never touched a glass of wine , and was the chief attraction , by his endless flow of spirits and his pecul- iar magnetic amiability . When I was the Democratic candi- date for United States Senator , in 1857 , before the ...
... hour , yet he never touched a glass of wine , and was the chief attraction , by his endless flow of spirits and his pecul- iar magnetic amiability . When I was the Democratic candi- date for United States Senator , in 1857 , before the ...
Page 88
... hours of his venerable friend , Judge Wilkins , now for the first time published : " Judge Wilkins gloried in the unimpeachable integrity that marked the ' bench , ' and jealously guarded his own status in the profession by well and ...
... hours of his venerable friend , Judge Wilkins , now for the first time published : " Judge Wilkins gloried in the unimpeachable integrity that marked the ' bench , ' and jealously guarded his own status in the profession by well and ...
Page 89
... hours on my cot . ' Pausing for a moment , he continued : ' I have been trying Jefferson Davis for high - treason ... hour . " The first witness called to the stand was General Long- street , who , having been duly sworn , stated , in ...
... hours on my cot . ' Pausing for a moment , he continued : ' I have been trying Jefferson Davis for high - treason ... hour . " The first witness called to the stand was General Long- street , who , having been duly sworn , stated , in ...
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