Anecdotes of Public Men, Volume 2Harper, 1881 - Statesmen |
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Page 53
... leaders were crafty , scheming , and full of expedients ; but they had more than a match , even a master , in Morton ; and the faithful historian will tell not only how he raised troops and money , but how , by his magnetic eloquence ...
... leaders were crafty , scheming , and full of expedients ; but they had more than a match , even a master , in Morton ; and the faithful historian will tell not only how he raised troops and money , but how , by his magnetic eloquence ...
Page 56
... leader and a teacher . Unfortunate in a sterile soil and a severe climate , she has been fortunate in her men , fortunate in her traditions , her services , and her sacrifices , and , above all , in the moral and mental seeds she has ...
... leader and a teacher . Unfortunate in a sterile soil and a severe climate , she has been fortunate in her men , fortunate in her traditions , her services , and her sacrifices , and , above all , in the moral and mental seeds she has ...
Page 62
... leaders of the Opposition ; Benton the champion of Jackson ; Webster siding with Clay , but refusing to echo his personal re- sentments . Time passed , and Benton , some years later , offered and carried his resolution to expunge the ...
... leaders of the Opposition ; Benton the champion of Jackson ; Webster siding with Clay , but refusing to echo his personal re- sentments . Time passed , and Benton , some years later , offered and carried his resolution to expunge the ...
Page 63
... leaders who have sustained them in their pro- scriptions be admonished and instructed by the triple verdicts of the people of Pennsylvania - the October verdicts of 1858 , 1859 , and now of 1860 ? " I know how we ' rebels ' and ' OTHER ...
... leaders who have sustained them in their pro- scriptions be admonished and instructed by the triple verdicts of the people of Pennsylvania - the October verdicts of 1858 , 1859 , and now of 1860 ? " I know how we ' rebels ' and ' OTHER ...
Page 64
... leaders would not be conciliated . The election of Mr. Lincoln , forced by themselves in forcing the division of the Democratic party , and then made the pretext for war , was used upon a deluded people ; and , long before the North ...
... leaders would not be conciliated . The election of Mr. Lincoln , forced by themselves in forcing the division of the Democratic party , and then made the pretext for war , was used upon a deluded people ; and , long before the North ...
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