Anecdotes of Public Men, Volume 2Harper, 1881 - Statesmen |
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Page 99
... question had created a new state of things at the North , one or two personal friends of no political con- sideration suggested my name as a candidate for Governor , and I did not discourage them . Soon the persons who were afterwards ...
... question had created a new state of things at the North , one or two personal friends of no political con- sideration suggested my name as a candidate for Governor , and I did not discourage them . Soon the persons who were afterwards ...
Page 120
... question as it deserves to be answered , I should be betrayed into a reflection upon the intelligence and discrimination of our people . I will therefore content myself with allowing others to suggest the obvious reply . Meanwhile , Mr ...
... question as it deserves to be answered , I should be betrayed into a reflection upon the intelligence and discrimination of our people . I will therefore content myself with allowing others to suggest the obvious reply . Meanwhile , Mr ...
Page 125
... question of kindness or unkindness ? What con- victions do they enforce as to the wisdom and ability , on the one hand , or the folly and incapacity , on the other , of our gen- eral management of Western affairs ? For my own part ...
... question of kindness or unkindness ? What con- victions do they enforce as to the wisdom and ability , on the one hand , or the folly and incapacity , on the other , of our gen- eral management of Western affairs ? For my own part ...
Page 135
... question of principle , while actual suffering was yet afar off , they raised their flag against a power to which , for purposes of foreign conquest and subjugation , Rome , in the height of her glory , was not to be compared ; a power ...
... question of principle , while actual suffering was yet afar off , they raised their flag against a power to which , for purposes of foreign conquest and subjugation , Rome , in the height of her glory , was not to be compared ; a power ...
Page 140
... question , ten or twelve years before . While in the Senate he was nominated as the Whig candidate for Canal Commissioner in 1848 , on the ticket with Governor Johnston ; but while Johnston was elected by a small majority , Middleswarth ...
... question , ten or twelve years before . While in the Senate he was nominated as the Whig candidate for Canal Commissioner in 1848 , on the ticket with Governor Johnston ; but while Johnston was elected by a small majority , Middleswarth ...
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