Speeches and Forensic Arguments, Volume 3Perkins & Marvin, 1843 |
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... honorable gentleman may make a witness of you . He may make a witness of any ... member of the House of Representatives . Well , sir , in what did we differ ... member from South Carolina opposed that bill . He now takes to himself a good ...
... honorable gentleman may make a witness of you . He may make a witness of any ... member of the House of Representatives . Well , sir , in what did we differ ... member from South Carolina opposed that bill . He now takes to himself a good ...
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... deal in defiance , now , here , in my place , boldly defy the honorable member to put his insinuation in the form of a charge , and to support that charge by any proof whatever . " CONTENTS . REMARKS made to the Citizens of Bangor , 14.
... deal in defiance , now , here , in my place , boldly defy the honorable member to put his insinuation in the form of a charge , and to support that charge by any proof whatever . " CONTENTS . REMARKS made to the Citizens of Bangor , 14.
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... honorable member from Virginia ( Mr. Leigh ) says he consulted his watch at the time , and he knows that I had come from the conference , and was in my seat at a quarter past eleven . I have no reason to think that he is under any ...
... honorable member from Virginia ( Mr. Leigh ) says he consulted his watch at the time , and he knows that I had come from the conference , and was in my seat at a quarter past eleven . I have no reason to think that he is under any ...
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... honorable member from Tennessee , ( Mr. White , ) as being , if I may say so , the butt - end of his argument in opposition to the vote . He said , very significantly , and very forcibly , " It is not asked for by those who best know ...
... honorable member from Tennessee , ( Mr. White , ) as being , if I may say so , the butt - end of his argument in opposition to the vote . He said , very significantly , and very forcibly , " It is not asked for by those who best know ...
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... honorable member from Ohio , has said , that if the enemy had been on our shores he would not have agreed to this vote . And I say , if the proposition were now before us , and the guns of the enemy were battering against the walls of ...
... honorable member from Ohio , has said , that if the enemy had been on our shores he would not have agreed to this vote . And I say , if the proposition were now before us , and the guns of the enemy were battering against the walls of ...
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