Anecdotes of Public Men, Volume 2Harper, 1881 - Statesmen |
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Page 66
... tion in Washington - before the bombardment of Sumter- and when it was doubted by many whether the North would agree to maintain the unity of the Government by force if nec- essary , Governor Curtin was the first to give substantial ...
... tion in Washington - before the bombardment of Sumter- and when it was doubted by many whether the North would agree to maintain the unity of the Government by force if nec- essary , Governor Curtin was the first to give substantial ...
Page 70
... tion . His speeches in Ireland , crowded with jewels and full of fire , had become a part of our popular literature , and he was hailed as a combination of Kossuth , Grattan , Phillips , and Mirabeau . Society opened its doors to the ...
... tion . His speeches in Ireland , crowded with jewels and full of fire , had become a part of our popular literature , and he was hailed as a combination of Kossuth , Grattan , Phillips , and Mirabeau . Society opened its doors to the ...
Page 96
... tion or threat . Not responded to at first , the call for it was it- erated , from day to day , in The Tribune . Mr. Seward must have felt the extreme awkwardness of the position in which he was placed , and , doubtless , Mr. Raymond ...
... tion or threat . Not responded to at first , the call for it was it- erated , from day to day , in The Tribune . Mr. Seward must have felt the extreme awkwardness of the position in which he was placed , and , doubtless , Mr. Raymond ...
Page 123
... tion was made the pretext for a violent assault upon New England and upon himself by the partisans of Calhoun , who was then Vice - President , and of President Jackson , but , as the result proved , not with the General's sympathy ...
... tion was made the pretext for a violent assault upon New England and upon himself by the partisans of Calhoun , who was then Vice - President , and of President Jackson , but , as the result proved , not with the General's sympathy ...
Page 124
... tion only , or can it possibly be fact , that presents such a change as surprises and astonishes us when we turn our eyes to what Ohio now is ? Is it reality or a dream , that , in so short a period as even thirty - five years , there ...
... tion only , or can it possibly be fact , that presents such a change as surprises and astonishes us when we turn our eyes to what Ohio now is ? Is it reality or a dream , that , in so short a period as even thirty - five years , there ...
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