Duplicate Copy of the Souvenir from the Afro-American League of Tennessee to Hon. James M. Ashley, of OhioPublishing House of the A. M. E. Church, 1894 - 849 pages |
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... hands whenever you or your authorized agent may call for them . To I have the honor to be , Very respectfully yours , WM . HENDERSON YOUNG , ESQ . , JAMES M. ASHLEY . President . Secretary . WM . A. CROSTHWAIT , ESQ . , and others ...
... hands whenever you or your authorized agent may call for them . To I have the honor to be , Very respectfully yours , WM . HENDERSON YOUNG , ESQ . , JAMES M. ASHLEY . President . Secretary . WM . A. CROSTHWAIT , ESQ . , and others ...
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... , of right over wrong , of liberty and political independence over despotism , and centralized government , in the hands of the President ; a triumph of the friends of the Union over disunionists and political tricksters ; -14-
... , of right over wrong , of liberty and political independence over despotism , and centralized government , in the hands of the President ; a triumph of the friends of the Union over disunionists and political tricksters ; -14-
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... hands of an aristocratic privileged class ; opposed to fraud and corruption in the administration of the govern- ment , to an irresponsible government bank , to issuing mil- lions of shinplasters for the purpose of carrying on the gov ...
... hands of an aristocratic privileged class ; opposed to fraud and corruption in the administration of the govern- ment , to an irresponsible government bank , to issuing mil- lions of shinplasters for the purpose of carrying on the gov ...
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... in the hands of men pledged to administer it as our fathers administered it , so that in every State and Territory within won . the limits of the Republic the rights of man shall ( 38 ) Address at the Wigwam in Toledo-
... in the hands of men pledged to administer it as our fathers administered it , so that in every State and Territory within won . the limits of the Republic the rights of man shall ( 38 ) Address at the Wigwam in Toledo-
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... hands of our political opponents in 1853 , when we first met together to organize a new party with all those who , in the old Democratic and Whig and Free Soil parties , would unite with us on a platform such as the Republican party now ...
... hands of our political opponents in 1853 , when we first met together to organize a new party with all those who , in the old Democratic and Whig and Free Soil parties , would unite with us on a platform such as the Republican party now ...
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