History of Public Speaking in AmericaAllyn and Bacon, 1965 - 566 pages |
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... bill " sponsored by " Sil- ver Dick " Bland of Missouri . It was on this last occasion that Lamar , under explicit orders from the Mississippi Legislature to vote for the Bland bill , violated the instruc- tions and voted as his ...
... bill " sponsored by " Sil- ver Dick " Bland of Missouri . It was on this last occasion that Lamar , under explicit orders from the Mississippi Legislature to vote for the Bland bill , violated the instruc- tions and voted as his ...
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... bill and supporting it with a major speech . These new States , his bill provided , " shall be received into the Union with or without slavery , as their constitutions may prescribe at the time of their admis- sion . " He interpreted ...
... bill and supporting it with a major speech . These new States , his bill provided , " shall be received into the Union with or without slavery , as their constitutions may prescribe at the time of their admis- sion . " He interpreted ...
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... bill . At the close of this deba'e Douglas won his case ; the Senate adopted his bill by the overwhelming vote of thirty seven to fourteen , the House by the narrower margin of 113 to 100 . Douglas was overjoyed and exuberantly set ...
... bill . At the close of this deba'e Douglas won his case ; the Senate adopted his bill by the overwhelming vote of thirty seven to fourteen , the House by the narrower margin of 113 to 100 . Douglas was overjoyed and exuberantly set ...
Contents
Groping Toward Independence | 1 |
The Role of the Preachers | 9 |
The Mather Dynasty | 18 |
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