Speeches and Forensic Arguments, Volume 3Perkins & Marvin, 1843 |
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... friend of ours , in this city , having leisure sufficient , in these dull times , has prepared a statement , in ... friends of the last Administration generally , but in an especial manner to Governor Polk , of Tennessee , who , by ...
... friend of ours , in this city , having leisure sufficient , in these dull times , has prepared a statement , in ... friends of the last Administration generally , but in an especial manner to Governor Polk , of Tennessee , who , by ...
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... friends of the navy from the time of General Washington . It was a question of the regularity of proceeding , a question of the order of business , merely . The record shows that Nathaniel Macon , and other Administration men , voted ...
... friends of the navy from the time of General Washington . It was a question of the regularity of proceeding , a question of the order of business , merely . The record shows that Nathaniel Macon , and other Administration men , voted ...
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... friend of the administration of Mr. Madison , moved for a committee " to inquire into the expediency of removing the seat of Government , during the ses- sion of Congress , to a place of better security and less inconvenience . " The ...
... friend of the administration of Mr. Madison , moved for a committee " to inquire into the expediency of removing the seat of Government , during the ses- sion of Congress , to a place of better security and less inconvenience . " The ...
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... friends voted for the bill . The truth is , it was no party proceeding , and there was no party vote on it ; and all that can be made of it is , that Mr. Webster was not willing to vote away the money of the people until he knew how it ...
... friends voted for the bill . The truth is , it was no party proceeding , and there was no party vote on it ; and all that can be made of it is , that Mr. Webster was not willing to vote away the money of the people until he knew how it ...
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... friends on the sub- ject of the embargo . He was decidedly and unalterably opposed to it . It fur- nishes , in his judgment , therefore , no imputation , either on my patriotism or the soundness of my political opinions , that I was ...
... friends on the sub- ject of the embargo . He was decidedly and unalterably opposed to it . It fur- nishes , in his judgment , therefore , no imputation , either on my patriotism or the soundness of my political opinions , that I was ...
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