The Life of Samuel J. Tilden, Volume 2Harper & Brothers, 1895 - 1358 pages |
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... asking what news the " Times " people had from Louisiana , South Carolina , Oregon , and Florida . Mr. Reid , who was an intense parti- san , and had been very much cast down by the returns , asked to see the note , read it over ...
... asking what news the " Times " people had from Louisiana , South Carolina , Oregon , and Florida . Mr. Reid , who was an intense parti- san , and had been very much cast down by the returns , asked to see the note , read it over ...
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... asked if Noyes was generally regarded by the people there as the personal representative of Hayes , Dennis answered , " We regarded him as such . I cannot state by what means I arrived at that conclusion , but he was regarded by the ...
... asked if Noyes was generally regarded by the people there as the personal representative of Hayes , Dennis answered , " We regarded him as such . I cannot state by what means I arrived at that conclusion , but he was regarded by the ...
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... asked by Den- nis for the vote of their precinct , they said 178 Republican and 141 Democratic . At this Dennis expressed great in- dignation and said the business had not been properly managed . The blacks expressed contrition and were ...
... asked by Den- nis for the vote of their precinct , they said 178 Republican and 141 Democratic . At this Dennis expressed great in- dignation and said the business had not been properly managed . The blacks expressed contrition and were ...
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... asked by a congressional committee " what prom- ises these visiting statesmen from the North made to the Republican leaders and the Returning Board , if the State should go for Mr. Hayes , " he replied : " Well , General Wallace told me ...
... asked by a congressional committee " what prom- ises these visiting statesmen from the North made to the Republican leaders and the Returning Board , if the State should go for Mr. Hayes , " he replied : " Well , General Wallace told me ...
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... asked , " When was that package mailed ? " Anderson replied that it was mailed at Mansfield , La . , and received on the 18th . " What is the date of the first affidavit ? " asked Burke . Anderson , with some hesitation , replied ...
... asked , " When was that package mailed ? " Anderson replied that it was mailed at Mansfield , La . , and received on the 18th . " What is the date of the first affidavit ? " asked Burke . Anderson , with some hesitation , replied ...
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Page 305 - It is impossible that the allied powers should extend their political system to any portion of either continent without endangering our peace and happiness...
Page 276 - I shall correct the procedure ; but that done, return with joy to that state of things, when the only questions concerning a candidate shall be, is he honest ? Is he capable ? Is he faithful to the Constitution ? I tender you the homage of my high respect.
Page 303 - At the proposal of the Russian Imperial Government, made through the minister of the Emperor residing here, a full power and instructions have been transmitted to the minister of the United States at St. Petersburg to arrange by amicable negotiation the respective rights and interests of the two nations on the northwest coast of this continent.
Page 305 - Our first and fundamental maxim should be, never to entangle ourselves in the broils of Europe. Our second, never to suffer Europe to intermeddle with cis-Atlantic affairs.
Page 307 - I told him specially that we should contest the right of Russia to any territorial establishment on this continent, and that we should assume distinctly the principle that the American continents are no longer subjects for any new European colonial establishments.
Page 303 - ... Minister of the Emperor residing here, a full power and instructions have been transmitted to the Minister of the United States at St. Petersburg to arrange, by amicable negotiation, the respective rights and interests of the two nations on the north-west coast of this continent.
Page 306 - It is to maintain our own principle, not to depart from it. And if to facilitate this we can effect a division in the body of the European powers and draw over to our side its most powerful member surely we should do it.
Page 304 - Our policy in regard to Europe, which was adopted at an early stage of the wars which have so long agitated that quarter of the globe, nevertheless remains the same, which is, not to interfere in the internal concerns of any of its powers...
Page 305 - But the war in which the present proposition might engage us, should that be its consequence, is not her war but ours. Its object is to introduce and establish the American system of keeping out of our land all foreign powers, of never permitting those of Europe to intermeddle with the affairs of our nations. It is to maintain our own principle, not to depart from it.
Page 264 - Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue keepeth his soul from troubles.