The Life of Samuel J. Tilden, Volume 2Harper & Brothers, 1895 - 1358 pages |
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... indebtedness for $ 12,500 , leaving the sum of $ 94,232.70 still standing charged to Clews , Habicht , & Co. on the books of the Register of the Treasury . the navy did the like by enriching himself and his GRANT'S ADMINISTRATION 3.
... indebtedness for $ 12,500 , leaving the sum of $ 94,232.70 still standing charged to Clews , Habicht , & Co. on the books of the Register of the Treasury . the navy did the like by enriching himself and his GRANT'S ADMINISTRATION 3.
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... leave one stone upon another of the adminis- tration party that could be thrown down . There was no alternative left them but to defeat Tilden , and as it could not be done by fair means , it was too late for them to scruple about a ...
... leave one stone upon another of the adminis- tration party that could be thrown down . There was no alternative left them but to defeat Tilden , and as it could not be done by fair means , it was too late for them to scruple about a ...
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... leave the State in doubt . Oregon is not heard from . Florida is claimed by the Democrats . " Between eleven and twelve o'clock , and while the edito- rial gentlemen above named were assembled together taking some refreshments , a note ...
... leave the State in doubt . Oregon is not heard from . Florida is claimed by the Democrats . " Between eleven and twelve o'clock , and while the edito- rial gentlemen above named were assembled together taking some refreshments , a note ...
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... leaves Florida alone still in doubt . If the Re- publicans have carried that State , as they claim , they will have 185 votes - a majority of one . " It will be observed that the desponding words which I have italicized in the first ...
... leaves Florida alone still in doubt . If the Re- publicans have carried that State , as they claim , they will have 185 votes - a majority of one . " It will be observed that the desponding words which I have italicized in the first ...
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... leave affairs in South Carolina in hands of an eminently discreet and reliable officer . " General Grant , who evidently had not yet been let fully into the scheme mapped out in the early morn of the day after the election , and who was ...
... leave affairs in South Carolina in hands of an eminently discreet and reliable officer . " General Grant , who evidently had not yet been let fully into the scheme mapped out in the early morn of the day after the election , and who was ...
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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.