The war with the south: a history of the late rebellion with biographical sketches of leading statesmen and distinguished naval and military commanders, etc, Volume 1Virtue & Yorston, 1867 - 664 pages |
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... whole South , with the exception of Maryland , whose choice was for Fillmore , had cast its vote . Fremont , however , had received the large suffrage of one hundred and fourteen out of the whole electoral vote of three hundred and six ...
... whole South , with the exception of Maryland , whose choice was for Fillmore , had cast its vote . Fremont , however , had received the large suffrage of one hundred and fourteen out of the whole electoral vote of three hundred and six ...
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... whole State of Illinois . and a portion of Indiana in favor of Henry Clay . In 1846 he was elected by the Whigs a member of Congress , and in December , 1847 , took his seat in the House of Representatives . Though opposed to the ...
... whole State of Illinois . and a portion of Indiana in favor of Henry Clay . In 1846 he was elected by the Whigs a member of Congress , and in December , 1847 , took his seat in the House of Representatives . Though opposed to the ...
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... whole four hun- dred and sixty - five votes . * The elec- tion was then made unanimous . The party responded enthusiastically to the choice , and began at once to stir the country with an exciting canvass . The " Wide Awakes , " unarmed ...
... whole four hun- dred and sixty - five votes . * The elec- tion was then made unanimous . The party responded enthusiastically to the choice , and began at once to stir the country with an exciting canvass . The " Wide Awakes , " unarmed ...
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... whole machinery of the Federal Government necessary for the distribution of remedial justice among the people has been demolished , and it would be difficult , if not impossible , to replace it . " It may be asked , then , are the peo ...
... whole machinery of the Federal Government necessary for the distribution of remedial justice among the people has been demolished , and it would be difficult , if not impossible , to replace it . " It may be asked , then , are the peo ...
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... whole against a delinquent State , ' came up for consideration . Mr. Madison opposed it in a brief but pow- erful speech , from which I shall extract but a single sentence . He observed : ' The use of force against a State would look ...
... whole against a delinquent State , ' came up for consideration . Mr. Madison opposed it in a brief but pow- erful speech , from which I shall extract but a single sentence . He observed : ' The use of force against a State would look ...
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