The World's Best Orations: From the Earliest Period to the Present Time, Volume 10F.P. Kaiser, 1899 - 111 pages The text of thousands of speeches from all historical periods through the 19th century arranged in alphabetical order. |
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Page 3674
... measure . " From the South he went to Canada , and in 1863 the " Copperheads " of Ohio nominated him for Governor . He was defeated and was not afterwards prominent in politics . He died at Lebanon , Ohio , June 17th , 1871 , from the ...
... measure . " From the South he went to Canada , and in 1863 the " Copperheads " of Ohio nominated him for Governor . He was defeated and was not afterwards prominent in politics . He died at Lebanon , Ohio , June 17th , 1871 , from the ...
Page 3686
... measure approved of , and commanded by Parliament , for my action and deportment , though it met with great opposition , in a tedious , sad , and long war ; and this under the name and pretext of royal authority . Yet , as this case ...
... measure approved of , and commanded by Parliament , for my action and deportment , though it met with great opposition , in a tedious , sad , and long war ; and this under the name and pretext of royal authority . Yet , as this case ...
Page 3693
... measures , of revolutionary measures . I also was in favor of them , these terrible measures , but only against the enemies of the country . I did not want them to compromise the safety of good citizens , for the reason that some ...
... measures , of revolutionary measures . I also was in favor of them , these terrible measures , but only against the enemies of the country . I did not want them to compromise the safety of good citizens , for the reason that some ...
Page 3703
... measures of taxation which have been brought forward by the Committee of Ways and Means would " fall like a dead pall upon the public , unless before them goes this assurance , that these vast and extreme measures instituted to ...
... measures of taxation which have been brought forward by the Committee of Ways and Means would " fall like a dead pall upon the public , unless before them goes this assurance , that these vast and extreme measures instituted to ...
Page 3706
... measures of tariff , of taxation , and of finance , and whose decrees on this floor are as unalterable as the laws of the Medes and Persians ? On that committee , which speaks the voice of fate for the weal or woe of the taxpayers of ...
... measures of tariff , of taxation , and of finance , and whose decrees on this floor are as unalterable as the laws of the Medes and Persians ? On that committee , which speaks the voice of fate for the weal or woe of the taxpayers of ...
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