Anecdotes of Public Men, Volume 1Harper, 1873 - Statesmen |
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Page 128
... hundred dollars a barrel , and other articles in like proportion . No revenue is collected , or can be . The army and the government are supported exclusively by force , by seizing the crops of farmers and planters and using them for ...
... hundred dollars a barrel , and other articles in like proportion . No revenue is collected , or can be . The army and the government are supported exclusively by force , by seizing the crops of farmers and planters and using them for ...
Page 129
... hundred thousand in number . The recent elec- tions have all gone for the Union by overwhelming majorities , and volunteering for the army progresses with renewed vigor . For all these blessings the President of the United States in ...
... hundred thousand in number . The recent elec- tions have all gone for the Union by overwhelming majorities , and volunteering for the army progresses with renewed vigor . For all these blessings the President of the United States in ...
Page 132
... hundred millions ; when our wild Indian lands , embracing Oregon and the far West , shall have been settled by foreign Roman Catholics and their children , all under the guidance and control of Jesuit lead- ers , bound to obey their ...
... hundred millions ; when our wild Indian lands , embracing Oregon and the far West , shall have been settled by foreign Roman Catholics and their children , all under the guidance and control of Jesuit lead- ers , bound to obey their ...
Page 136
... hundred dollars I ventured on Wise . The following extract from a speech of Governor Wise , delivered at Liberty Hall , Alexandria , on Sat- urday , February 3 , 1856 , may not be out of place , if only as a counterpart to Levin's : " I ...
... hundred dollars I ventured on Wise . The following extract from a speech of Governor Wise , delivered at Liberty Hall , Alexandria , on Sat- urday , February 3 , 1856 , may not be out of place , if only as a counterpart to Levin's : " I ...
Page 137
... hundred miles from this place , and overtook one of our citizens on horseback , with perhaps a bag of hay for a saddle , without stirrups , and the leading - line for a bridle , and he said : ' Stranger , whose house is that ? ' ' It is ...
... hundred miles from this place , and overtook one of our citizens on horseback , with perhaps a bag of hay for a saddle , without stirrups , and the leading - line for a bridle , and he said : ' Stranger , whose house is that ? ' ' It is ...
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