Anecdotes of Public Men, Volume 2Harper, 1881 - Statesmen |
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Page 123
... look to the solid pha- lanx of the South for succor . " He also denounced the policy of New England towards the West as most illiberal and unjust . Colonel Robert Y. Hayne , one of the Senators from South Car- olina , and Mr. Calhoun's ...
... look to the solid pha- lanx of the South for succor . " He also denounced the policy of New England towards the West as most illiberal and unjust . Colonel Robert Y. Hayne , one of the Senators from South Car- olina , and Mr. Calhoun's ...
Page 124
... look back and behold it . Over all that is now Ohio there then stretched one vast wilderness , unbroken except by two small spots of civilized culture - the one at Ma- rietta , the other at Cincinnati . At these little openings , hardly ...
... look back and behold it . Over all that is now Ohio there then stretched one vast wilderness , unbroken except by two small spots of civilized culture - the one at Ma- rietta , the other at Cincinnati . At these little openings , hardly ...
Page 125
... look with admira- tion at the wisdom and foresight which originally arranged and prescribed the system for the settlement of the public domain . " The real debate opened January 21 , 1830. Mr. Webster had an important case in the ...
... look with admira- tion at the wisdom and foresight which originally arranged and prescribed the system for the settlement of the public domain . " The real debate opened January 21 , 1830. Mr. Webster had an important case in the ...
Page 155
... look at it as it is . Is not the question involved the simple one whether the people of the Territories shall be allowed to do as they please upon the question of slavery , subject only to the limitations of the Constitution ? That is ...
... look at it as it is . Is not the question involved the simple one whether the people of the Territories shall be allowed to do as they please upon the question of slavery , subject only to the limitations of the Constitution ? That is ...
Page 157
... looks around him . And when Dixon of Kentucky rose to ask a question , the bold Ohio Senator met his glance with one as proud and de- fiant as his own . What follows is taken from the official report : MR . DIXON . " Will the Senator ...
... looks around him . And when Dixon of Kentucky rose to ask a question , the bold Ohio Senator met his glance with one as proud and de- fiant as his own . What follows is taken from the official report : MR . DIXON . " Will the Senator ...
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