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Page 111
... believe , in foreign lands . Toombs , Da- vis , and Stephens , having failed in one great act of treason , are busily engaged in the work of destroying the Democratic party , an enterprise in which they promise to be more successful ...
... believe , in foreign lands . Toombs , Da- vis , and Stephens , having failed in one great act of treason , are busily engaged in the work of destroying the Democratic party , an enterprise in which they promise to be more successful ...
Page 112
... believe in the Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions , love the Union , and follow in the footsteps of Captain Andrew Jackson , of Tennessee , now at the Hermitage preparing to go to Heaven , then , sir , I hang my hammer on your anvil ...
... believe in the Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions , love the Union , and follow in the footsteps of Captain Andrew Jackson , of Tennessee , now at the Hermitage preparing to go to Heaven , then , sir , I hang my hammer on your anvil ...
Page 113
... believe he would have been , like Broderick , James T. Brady , and Sickles , in hearty hostility to the rebellion . After he left Congress he made a tour of Europe , visited the camps of the great contending powers in the Crimea , and ...
... believe he would have been , like Broderick , James T. Brady , and Sickles , in hearty hostility to the rebellion . After he left Congress he made a tour of Europe , visited the camps of the great contending powers in the Crimea , and ...
Page 114
... believe , be still living . He was found dead on the 17th of March , 1859. Peace to the ashes of Mike Walsh ! [ July 9 , 1871. ] XXVII . WRITING about " public men , " I am not willing to exclude myself from the opportunity of saying ...
... believe , be still living . He was found dead on the 17th of March , 1859. Peace to the ashes of Mike Walsh ! [ July 9 , 1871. ] XXVII . WRITING about " public men , " I am not willing to exclude myself from the opportunity of saying ...
Page 122
... believe it is ours -but only with slavery extinguished , and universal education -schools - schools - schools - common schools - high schools for all . Education the criterion of the right of suffrage , not property . I do not believe ...
... believe it is ours -but only with slavery extinguished , and universal education -schools - schools - schools - common schools - high schools for all . Education the criterion of the right of suffrage , not property . I do not believe ...
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