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Showing posts with label The US Constitution. Show all posts
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Thursday, November 28, 2024

John Tyler to the people of Charles City, and the Other Counties and Cities Composing the Third Congressional District, October 21, 1861

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To the people of Charles City, and the other counties and cities composing the Third Congressional District: The resolutions adopted by th...
Friday, October 4, 2024

Daniel Webster to a Committee of Gentlemen from New York, October 1850

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[Franklin, N. H., October 1850] I concur, gentlemen, in all the political principles contained in the resolutions, a copy of which has bee...
Thursday, September 26, 2024

Daniel Webster to Messrs. Richards and others, March 21, 1851

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Washington, March 21, 1851. GENTLEMEN,—On the receipt of letter of the 14th of February, I deemed it advisable to postpone an answer until...
Monday, September 2, 2024

Diary of Gideon Welles: Tuesday, May 29, 1866

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At the Cabinet-meeting word was received of the death of Lieutenant-General Scott at West Point at the advanced age of eighty. He was great ...
Sunday, August 4, 2024

William M. Richards and Others to Daniel Webster, February 14, 1851

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New York, February 14, 1851. DEAR SIR,—A number of the citizens of New York, without distinction of party, beg leave, through the undersig...
Thursday, August 1, 2024

Senator John C. Calhoun’s Speech on the Oregon Bill, June 27, 1848

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[Delivered in the United States Senate, June 27th, 1848.] THERE is a very striking difference between the position on which the slaveholdi...