History of Public Speaking in AmericaAllyn and Bacon, 1965 - 566 pages |
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Page 88
... bill , if it had its true name , should be called a bill to rob and plunder nearly one - half of the Union , for the sake of the residue . " 10 With a pointed jab at his old enemy , Henry Clay , he concluded : " The bill referred to ...
... bill , if it had its true name , should be called a bill to rob and plunder nearly one - half of the Union , for the sake of the residue . " 10 With a pointed jab at his old enemy , Henry Clay , he concluded : " The bill referred to ...
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... bill " sponsored by " Sil- ver Dick " Bland of Missouri . It was on this last occasion that Lamar , under explicit orders from the Mississippi Legislature to vote for the Bland bill , violated the instruc- tions and voted as his ...
... bill " sponsored by " Sil- ver Dick " Bland of Missouri . It was on this last occasion that Lamar , under explicit orders from the Mississippi Legislature to vote for the Bland bill , violated the instruc- tions and voted as his ...
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... bill and supporting it with a major speech . These new States , his bill provided , " shall be received into the Union with or without slavery , as their constitutions may prescribe at the time of their admis- sion . " He interpreted ...
... bill and supporting it with a major speech . These new States , his bill provided , " shall be received into the Union with or without slavery , as their constitutions may prescribe at the time of their admis- sion . " He interpreted ...
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