The Life of John J. Crittenden: With Selections from His Correspondence and Speeches, Том 2Ann Mary Butler Crittenden Coleman ("Mrs. Chapman Coleman, ") J.B. Lippincott & Company, 1871 |
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... consider that I have deserved the strictures which have been made upon me , and I am greatly at loss to understand them . In regard to the publications themselves , I hold them to be eminently proper , and for one I am wholly opposed to ...
... consider that I have deserved the strictures which have been made upon me , and I am greatly at loss to understand them . In regard to the publications themselves , I hold them to be eminently proper , and for one I am wholly opposed to ...
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... considering that it was done from motives honorable , friendly , and patriotic . I have served Kentucky a long time ; I have served her faithfully , and , I hope , with no discredit to her ; but I have no wish to intrude myself upon her ...
... considering that it was done from motives honorable , friendly , and patriotic . I have served Kentucky a long time ; I have served her faithfully , and , I hope , with no discredit to her ; but I have no wish to intrude myself upon her ...
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... consider it a triumph for the best interest of the · country , of which posterity will , if we do not , reap the benefit . ” And the abstract resolution did pass by a vote of 90 to 75 ; and a triumph it was which Mr. Clay had every ...
... consider it a triumph for the best interest of the · country , of which posterity will , if we do not , reap the benefit . ” And the abstract resolution did pass by a vote of 90 to 75 ; and a triumph it was which Mr. Clay had every ...
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... consider the subject . The report of that committee , after four days of conference , in which the feelings of all parties had clearly been consulted , notwithstand- ing it was most earnestly supported by Mr. Clay in a speech of such ...
... consider the subject . The report of that committee , after four days of conference , in which the feelings of all parties had clearly been consulted , notwithstand- ing it was most earnestly supported by Mr. Clay in a speech of such ...
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... consider and report whether it was expedient or not to make provision for the admission of Mis- souri into the Union on the same footing of the original States ; and , if not , whether any other provision , adapted to her actual ...
... consider and report whether it was expedient or not to make provision for the admission of Mis- souri into the Union on the same footing of the original States ; and , if not , whether any other provision , adapted to her actual ...
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