The Works of William H. Seward, Volume 3Houghton, Mifflin, 1884 |
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... Congress , in the year 1853 , By J. S. REDFIELD , n the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States in and for the Southern District of New York . 101-58779 30112 PREFACE TO VOLUME III . THE FIRST VOLUME.
... Congress , in the year 1853 , By J. S. REDFIELD , n the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States in and for the Southern District of New York . 101-58779 30112 PREFACE TO VOLUME III . THE FIRST VOLUME.
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... Congress . The larger por- tion of his speeches and debates in that body will be found in the first volume , which had gone to press before the delivery of those herewith presented . The ENGRAVING in this volume presents a view of the ...
... Congress . The larger por- tion of his speeches and debates in that body will be found in the first volume , which had gone to press before the delivery of those herewith presented . The ENGRAVING in this volume presents a view of the ...
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... Congress has never committed , and is not like to commit , the great crime of princes — the consumption of the public wealth of future genera- tions . On the contrary , we have seen the phenomenon of a gov- ernment free from debt ...
... Congress has never committed , and is not like to commit , the great crime of princes — the consumption of the public wealth of future genera- tions . On the contrary , we have seen the phenomenon of a gov- ernment free from debt ...
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... Congress , as to the ability of the colonies to maintain it , was an act not less profoundly wise than it was confessedly bold and hazardous . Before that act the organization of armies to resist invasion and tyranny , was a levy- ing ...
... Congress , as to the ability of the colonies to maintain it , was an act not less profoundly wise than it was confessedly bold and hazardous . Before that act the organization of armies to resist invasion and tyranny , was a levy- ing ...
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... Congress , he rose to the command of a division in the army of the United States . Lavish of gold as he had already shown that he was lavish of blood , he clothed and equipped these troops , numbering two thousand , at his own expense ...
... Congress , he rose to the command of a division in the army of the United States . Lavish of gold as he had already shown that he was lavish of blood , he clothed and equipped these troops , numbering two thousand , at his own expense ...
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