Thirty Years' View: Or, A History of the Working of the American Government for Thirty Years, from 1820 to 1850. Chiefly Taken from the Congress Debates, the Private Papers of General Jackson, and the Speeches of Ex-Senator Benton, with His Actual View of the Men and Affairs: with Historical Notes and Illustrations, and Some Notices of Eminent Deceased Contemporaries, Том 1D. Appleton, 1854 |
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... considered 1820-21 - and had come with its accumulated force upon the machine of the federal govern- ment , that this " VIEW " of its working begins . It is a doleful starting point , and may furnish great matter for contrast , or ...
... considered 1820-21 - and had come with its accumulated force upon the machine of the federal govern- ment , that this " VIEW " of its working begins . It is a doleful starting point , and may furnish great matter for contrast , or ...
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... considered the first discoverer of the Columbia River . His philo- sophic mind told him that where a snow - clad mountain , like that of the Rocky Mountains , shed the waters on one side which collected into such a river as the Missouri ...
... considered the first discoverer of the Columbia River . His philo- sophic mind told him that where a snow - clad mountain , like that of the Rocky Mountains , shed the waters on one side which collected into such a river as the Missouri ...
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... considered in his day the first of American orators , but will hardly keep that place with posterity , be- cause he spoke more to the hearer than to the reader to the present than to the absent - and avoided the careful publication of ...
... considered in his day the first of American orators , but will hardly keep that place with posterity , be- cause he spoke more to the hearer than to the reader to the present than to the absent - and avoided the careful publication of ...
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... considered large , but now ( 1850 ) would be considered small ; but its history still has its uses , in show- ing how differently from its theory a well in- tended act may operate - how long the Indians and the government may be cheated ...
... considered large , but now ( 1850 ) would be considered small ; but its history still has its uses , in show- ing how differently from its theory a well in- tended act may operate - how long the Indians and the government may be cheated ...
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... considered as being his bitter enemy ; and I am charged with being the author of the num- bers signed A. B .; but ( raising his hand ) I pledge you my honor , I am not the author , nor do I know who the author is . Crawford and I , said ...
... considered as being his bitter enemy ; and I am charged with being the author of the num- bers signed A. B .; but ( raising his hand ) I pledge you my honor , I am not the author , nor do I know who the author is . Crawford and I , said ...
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