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Page 69
... voted with the men who elected him he would dis- honor himself , and if he voted against them he would betray them - the Republican who dines at the Democratic Manhattan DINNER-TABLE WITS. ...
... voted with the men who elected him he would dis- honor himself , and if he voted against them he would betray them - the Republican who dines at the Democratic Manhattan DINNER-TABLE WITS. ...
Page 107
... vote on the subject of slavery without interruption or violence— a promise which , broken in his term , was avenged by the polit- ical revolution of 1858 , which destroyed the Democratic party effectually , gave victory to the ...
... vote on the subject of slavery without interruption or violence— a promise which , broken in his term , was avenged by the polit- ical revolution of 1858 , which destroyed the Democratic party effectually , gave victory to the ...
Page 111
... vote of one hundred and three to one hundred for Aiken , of South Carolina . The opposition soon saw that I was resolved to act honestly at every hazard , and at this distance from that embit- tered session I can recall no one decision ...
... vote of one hundred and three to one hundred for Aiken , of South Carolina . The opposition soon saw that I was resolved to act honestly at every hazard , and at this distance from that embit- tered session I can recall no one decision ...
Page 118
... vote of that section , all domestic op- position would have been baffled . The wound inflicted on the Van Buren faction rankled until it came to a head , in 1848 , in the organization which made him a third candidate and defeated Lewis ...
... vote of that section , all domestic op- position would have been baffled . The wound inflicted on the Van Buren faction rankled until it came to a head , in 1848 , in the organization which made him a third candidate and defeated Lewis ...
Page 120
... votes , notwithstanding the Democratic majority of 6004 two years before , defeating Buchanan's favorite , J. Glancy Jones , now a citizen of the State of Delaware , patiently preparing to step into the Senate whenever the people of ...
... votes , notwithstanding the Democratic majority of 6004 two years before , defeating Buchanan's favorite , J. Glancy Jones , now a citizen of the State of Delaware , patiently preparing to step into the Senate whenever the people of ...
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