The Works of Daniel Webster ..., Volume 4Little, Brown and Company, 1853 |
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... purpose of expressing their opinions on the present state of the country , on the 24th of February . This meeting consisted of three thou- sand persons , and was composed of carpenters , masons , brick- makers , bricklayers , painters ...
... purpose of expressing their opinions on the present state of the country , on the 24th of February . This meeting consisted of three thou- sand persons , and was composed of carpenters , masons , brick- makers , bricklayers , painters ...
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... purpose these measures originated , which have since obtained the name of the " experi- ment . " They think they have a right to demand of Congress not to sanction such purposes to their ruin . As American citi- zens , they demand the ...
... purpose these measures originated , which have since obtained the name of the " experi- ment . " They think they have a right to demand of Congress not to sanction such purposes to their ruin . As American citi- zens , they demand the ...
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... purpose of avoiding such mistakes . Every man , Sir , whose name is here , is believed to have a right to say , " I am an American citizen ; I possess the elec- tive franchise ; I hold the right of suffrage ; I possess and I exercise an ...
... purpose of avoiding such mistakes . Every man , Sir , whose name is here , is believed to have a right to say , " I am an American citizen ; I possess the elec- tive franchise ; I hold the right of suffrage ; I possess and I exercise an ...
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... purpose of being laid before Congress , by a committee of eighteen persons . Some of these gentlemen are well known within the walls of the Cap- itol , and none of them altogether unknown to members of this or the other house . They ...
... purpose of being laid before Congress , by a committee of eighteen persons . Some of these gentlemen are well known within the walls of the Cap- itol , and none of them altogether unknown to members of this or the other house . They ...
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... purpose , and who had steadiness to pursue that purpose through evil report and good report , let the strife of temporary party do its best and its worst , until he had accomplished it . I am told , Sir , that along the line of this ...
... purpose , and who had steadiness to pursue that purpose through evil report and good report , let the strife of temporary party do its best and its worst , until he had accomplished it . I am told , Sir , that along the line of this ...
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