The Works of William H. Seward, Volume 1Houghton, Mifflin, 1884 - New York (State) |
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... object could be accomplished without pledging the credit of the state , by a simple transfer of the surplus tolls of the canals for a short term of years . Daniel Webster , John C. Spencer , and other eminent jurists , to whom the ...
... object could be accomplished without pledging the credit of the state , by a simple transfer of the surplus tolls of the canals for a short term of years . Daniel Webster , John C. Spencer , and other eminent jurists , to whom the ...
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... object . The agency of Gov. Seward in behalf of internal improvements was by no means limited to the canal system . Upon his accession to the executive office , railroads were a recent invention . They had been adopted only to a ...
... object . The agency of Gov. Seward in behalf of internal improvements was by no means limited to the canal system . Upon his accession to the executive office , railroads were a recent invention . They had been adopted only to a ...
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... object of the scenes around him , in which he unconsciously bore so conspicuous a part . We shall be pardoned for introducing here the following ex- tract from a vivid description of the scene which transpired at the reading of the ...
... object of the scenes around him , in which he unconsciously bore so conspicuous a part . We shall be pardoned for introducing here the following ex- tract from a vivid description of the scene which transpired at the reading of the ...
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... object to destroy the system ; but , at the same time , that I would relieve the people from the burden it imposes - I would , if possible , preserve and improve the militia , and would elevate it so that it might be what it ought to be ...
... object to destroy the system ; but , at the same time , that I would relieve the people from the burden it imposes - I would , if possible , preserve and improve the militia , and would elevate it so that it might be what it ought to be ...
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... objects of its establishment , and the provisions in the Constitution concerning it . The pro- visions of the Constitution show that the framers had in view the possible exigencies following : 1st . The attempt by the government or its ...
... objects of its establishment , and the provisions in the Constitution concerning it . The pro- visions of the Constitution show that the framers had in view the possible exigencies following : 1st . The attempt by the government or its ...
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