Speeches, Congressional and Political: And Other Writings, of Ex-Governor Aaron V. Brown, of TennesseeJ. L. Marling, 1854 - 706 páginas |
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... hundred votes . His competitor , the Hon . E. J. Shields , had served in the two preceding Congresses . He was a gentleman of fine talents , and one of the most plausible and handsome debaters of his party . When the election came off ...
... hundred votes . His competitor , the Hon . E. J. Shields , had served in the two preceding Congresses . He was a gentleman of fine talents , and one of the most plausible and handsome debaters of his party . When the election came off ...
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... hundred or one thousand six hundred ; but in that of 1847 , he was defeated by about half that number . For the last twelve years parties have been so nearly balanced in Tennessee that they have carried the state alternately against ...
... hundred or one thousand six hundred ; but in that of 1847 , he was defeated by about half that number . For the last twelve years parties have been so nearly balanced in Tennessee that they have carried the state alternately against ...
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... hundred dollars - rarely so much as five hundred . At the lesser villages and country stores , and at the neighborhood post - offices , it is quite frequent that the compensation does not amount to fifty or one hundred dollars . The ...
... hundred dollars - rarely so much as five hundred . At the lesser villages and country stores , and at the neighborhood post - offices , it is quite frequent that the compensation does not amount to fifty or one hundred dollars . The ...
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... hundreds and thousands of confiding friends , who would have sacrificed any thing sooner than sus- pect his devotion to the true and genuine principles of De- mocracy . Here may be found the true cause of those dreadful disasters and ...
... hundreds and thousands of confiding friends , who would have sacrificed any thing sooner than sus- pect his devotion to the true and genuine principles of De- mocracy . Here may be found the true cause of those dreadful disasters and ...
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... hundreds and thousands of others in Tennessee , who , like him , refused to leave the Jack- son party , and to go over to the arms of the opposition ; an oppo- sition then headed by John Quincy Adams , Daniel Webster , and Henry Clay ...
... hundreds and thousands of others in Tennessee , who , like him , refused to leave the Jack- son party , and to go over to the arms of the opposition ; an oppo- sition then headed by John Quincy Adams , Daniel Webster , and Henry Clay ...
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