The Works of John C. Calhoun: Speeches ... delivered in the House of Representatives and in the Senate of the United StatesD. Appleton, 1854 |
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... amount of public land - not less , as I understood him , than twenty - five or thirty millions of acres ; and that if this bill did not pass , the scenes of the last two years would be repeated in this and the coming year . I then ...
... amount of public land - not less , as I understood him , than twenty - five or thirty millions of acres ; and that if this bill did not pass , the scenes of the last two years would be repeated in this and the coming year . I then ...
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... amount of the claims was a very complex question , depending on a great variety of considerations , and requiring minute and detailed exami- nation ; that he believed our claims would encounter much less opposi- tion with the Government ...
... amount of the claims was a very complex question , depending on a great variety of considerations , and requiring minute and detailed exami- nation ; that he believed our claims would encounter much less opposi- tion with the Government ...
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... amount simply to an engagement to use his best endeavors to obtain the assent of the Chambers to the appropriation . Such would certainly be the understand- ing , in a similar case , between honorable and conscientious individuals ; and ...
... amount simply to an engagement to use his best endeavors to obtain the assent of the Chambers to the appropriation . Such would certainly be the understand- ing , in a similar case , between honorable and conscientious individuals ; and ...
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... amount . To expect to obtain payment by a treaty of peace would be worse than idle . If our honor would be involved in such a termination of the contest , the honor of France would be equally involved in the opposite . The struggle then ...
... amount . To expect to obtain payment by a treaty of peace would be worse than idle . If our honor would be involved in such a termination of the contest , the honor of France would be equally involved in the opposite . The struggle then ...
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... amount of the army over 12,000 men , and aug- menting the expense of its maintenance by a million and a half or two millions of dollars . Was this necessary ? He contended that it was not , and that there never was a time when there was ...
... amount of the army over 12,000 men , and aug- menting the expense of its maintenance by a million and a half or two millions of dollars . Was this necessary ? He contended that it was not , and that there never was a time when there was ...
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The Works of John C. Calhoun: Speeches ... delivered in the House of ... John Caldwell Calhoun Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - 1853 |
The Works of John C. Calhoun: Speeches ... delivered in the House of ... John Caldwell Calhoun Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - 1853 |
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