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... speeches as that from the Senator from South Caro- lina will be considered a lesson to the laborers of the nation . " Prophetic words indeed ! The last time I saw Broderick was one night in April , 1859 , at the corner of Sixth and ...
... speeches as that from the Senator from South Caro- lina will be considered a lesson to the laborers of the nation . " Prophetic words indeed ! The last time I saw Broderick was one night in April , 1859 , at the corner of Sixth and ...
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... speech and in splendor of diction . How often I have regretted that his memorable passages were not preserved . The courts of Pennsylvania and the Democratic conventions resounded with his unparalleled eloquence , and when he reached ...
... speech and in splendor of diction . How often I have regretted that his memorable passages were not preserved . The courts of Pennsylvania and the Democratic conventions resounded with his unparalleled eloquence , and when he reached ...
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... speeches common to such occasions were fired off ; the old songs were sung- " John Brown " had not yet become popu- lar - the old jokes repeated . When my time came , I spoke some grateful words to the large crowd in the streets and the ...
... speeches common to such occasions were fired off ; the old songs were sung- " John Brown " had not yet become popu- lar - the old jokes repeated . When my time came , I spoke some grateful words to the large crowd in the streets and the ...
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... speech of Hon . John B. Haskin , of New York , on that memorable evening : " A short time ago the New York Herald had , at the instiga- tion of Mr. Buchanan , as he knew , revived the Forrest letter , and had suggested that it be read ...
... speech of Hon . John B. Haskin , of New York , on that memorable evening : " A short time ago the New York Herald had , at the instiga- tion of Mr. Buchanan , as he knew , revived the Forrest letter , and had suggested that it be read ...
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... speech on a very cold night in Washington , in the early winter of 1860. It was from the window or balcony of a house on Missouri Avenue . " I looked at him with surprise , when he laughingly said : " I lived in Washington for some time ...
... speech on a very cold night in Washington , in the early winter of 1860. It was from the window or balcony of a house on Missouri Avenue . " I looked at him with surprise , when he laughingly said : " I lived in Washington for some time ...
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