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... of my many years of championship of his aspirations to outweigh the fact that I
could not conscientiously follow him in his abandonment and violation of the
pledges and principles upon which alone he was chosen Chief Magistrate . I will
not ...
... of my many years of championship of his aspirations to outweigh the fact that I
could not conscientiously follow him in his abandonment and violation of the
pledges and principles upon which alone he was chosen Chief Magistrate . I will
not ...
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He was made a Senator in Congress from Kentucky when the Buchanan régime
expired , taking his seat on the very day that his venerable chief retired to
Wheatland ; and he remained a Senator in Congress till the close of the called
session ...
He was made a Senator in Congress from Kentucky when the Buchanan régime
expired , taking his seat on the very day that his venerable chief retired to
Wheatland ; and he remained a Senator in Congress till the close of the called
session ...
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John Wien Forney. CHANGES OF OPINION . 53 man . between admiration for
the new actor on the great stage of national affairs and reverence for the retiring
chief . I recollect my own feelings as I sat in the gallery and witnessed this conflict
.
John Wien Forney. CHANGES OF OPINION . 53 man . between admiration for
the new actor on the great stage of national affairs and reverence for the retiring
chief . I recollect my own feelings as I sat in the gallery and witnessed this conflict
.
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... son to the axe of justice because he loved his country better than his blood , or
that of the gallant young officer of the Revolution , who was detected and
executed while performing under the orders of his immortal chief the service of a
spy .
... son to the axe of justice because he loved his country better than his blood , or
that of the gallant young officer of the Revolution , who was detected and
executed while performing under the orders of his immortal chief the service of a
spy .
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... then at the Hermitage , near Nashville , wrote a strong letter to his friend and
neighbor , the new Chief Magistrate , recommending Mr. Buchanan for Secretary
of State . George M. Dallas , of Pennsylvania , was chosen Vice - President on
the ...
... then at the Hermitage , near Nashville , wrote a strong letter to his friend and
neighbor , the new Chief Magistrate , recommending Mr. Buchanan for Secretary
of State . George M. Dallas , of Pennsylvania , was chosen Vice - President on
the ...
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Página 170 - The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise with the occasion. As our case is new, so we must think anew and act anew.
Página 169 - My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union, and is not either to save or to destroy slavery. If I could save the Union without freeing any slave, I would do it; and if I could save it by freeing all the slaves, I would do it; and if I could do it by freeing some and leaving others alone, I would also do that.
Página 170 - Now, at the end of three years' struggle, the nation's condition is not what either party, or any man, devised or expected. God alone can claim it. \Vhither it is tending seems plain. If God now wills the removal of a great wrong, and wills also that we of the North, as well as you of the South, shall pay fairly for our complicity in that wrong, impartial history will find therein new cause to attest and revere the justice and goodness of God.
Página 171 - It is for us, the living, rather to be dedicated here to the unfinished work that they have thus far so nobly carried on. It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us...
Página 12 - So the struck eagle, stretched upon the plain, No more through rolling clouds to soar again, Viewed his own feather on the fatal dart, And winged the shaft that quivered in his heart ; Keen were his pangs, but keener far to feel He nursed the pinion which impelled the steel ; While the same plumage that had warmed his nest Drank the last life-drop of his bleeding breast.
Página 445 - With a full View of the English-Dutch Struggle against Spain, and of the Origin and Destruction of the Spanish Armada. By JOHN LOTHBOP MOTLEY, LL.D., DCL Portraits.
Página 169 - Peace does not appear so distant as it did. I hope it will come soon and come to stay, and so come as to be worth the keeping in all future time.
Página 245 - But if this country cannot be saved without giving up that principle, I was about to say I would rather be assassinated on this spot than surrender it.
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| Título | Anecdotes of Public Men, Volumen1 Anecdotes of Public Men, John Wien Forney |
| Autor | John Wien Forney |
| Edición | reimpresa |
| Editor | Harper & Brothers, 1873 |
| Procedencia del original | Universidad de Harvard |
| Digitalizado | 10 Dic. 2007 |
| Largo | 444 páginas |
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