The Life of Samuel J. Tilden, Volume 2Harper & Brothers, 1895 - 1358 pages |
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... parishes in Florida and Louisiana , had been turned in . There was no possibility then of fraudulent counting , except by the Returning Boards . When President Grant sent those despatches of the 10th of November it is evident that if he ...
... parishes in Florida and Louisiana , had been turned in . There was no possibility then of fraudulent counting , except by the Returning Boards . When President Grant sent those despatches of the 10th of November it is evident that if he ...
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... parish and ward in the State ; he dictated the appointments of all the com- missioners of election , the State ... parishes where they found they could not control the negro vote , and by fictitious registration of names to make up ...
... parish and ward in the State ; he dictated the appointments of all the com- missioners of election , the State ... parishes where they found they could not control the negro vote , and by fictitious registration of names to make up ...
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... E NILLIION N'YA OWAY SIOSTAJAN A “ Əmaging av TK AT 1 QƏNDA SHƏTD n had been sach parish uns on the day am dare a pos re 20 make a -oad Cas sans election no rever to edeate from " " to canvass and compile the statements of the.
... E NILLIION N'YA OWAY SIOSTAJAN A “ Əmaging av TK AT 1 QƏNDA SHƏTD n had been sach parish uns on the day am dare a pos re 20 make a -oad Cas sans election no rever to edeate from " " to canvass and compile the statements of the.
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... parish is 2,200 , and the Republican majority is 900 . You are expected to register and vote the full strength of the Republi- can party in your parish . Your recognition by the next State administration will depend upon your doing your ...
... parish is 2,200 , and the Republican majority is 900 . You are expected to register and vote the full strength of the Republi- can party in your parish . Your recognition by the next State administration will depend upon your doing your ...
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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.