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... Governor of Wisconsin ; the conflict in the Booth case between the Supreme Court of Wisconsin and the Supreme Court of the United States ; the corruption at the capital in 1856 , when bribes were received from a railway corporation by ...
... Governor of Wisconsin ; the conflict in the Booth case between the Supreme Court of Wisconsin and the Supreme Court of the United States ; the corruption at the capital in 1856 , when bribes were received from a railway corporation by ...
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... Governor of Wisconsin . In 1870 he became editor - in - chief of The Milwaukee Sentinel , which position he held until 1874. In 1873 many of the Republican papers urged him to be a candidate for Lieutenant - Governor , but he declined ...
... Governor of Wisconsin . In 1870 he became editor - in - chief of The Milwaukee Sentinel , which position he held until 1874. In 1873 many of the Republican papers urged him to be a candidate for Lieutenant - Governor , but he declined ...
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... governor of the territory of Utah , under the appointment of President Lincoln . He settled in Detroit in 1818 , and while there he was elected secretary of the legislative council and clerk of the court . He had become a special ...
... governor of the territory of Utah , under the appointment of President Lincoln . He settled in Detroit in 1818 , and while there he was elected secretary of the legislative council and clerk of the court . He had become a special ...
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... governors or other territorial officers , appointed by the President . This practice held good in the case of Wisconsin . The President Jackson selected for the first Governor of Wiscon- sin Henry Dodge , who took the oath of office ...
... governors or other territorial officers , appointed by the President . This practice held good in the case of Wisconsin . The President Jackson selected for the first Governor of Wiscon- sin Henry Dodge , who took the oath of office ...
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... Governor Dodge was not character- ized by any political excitement . All the federal officers felt secure in their ... Governor's views on this important subject are expressed in the subjoined extract : " The improvement of the ...
... Governor Dodge was not character- ized by any political excitement . All the federal officers felt secure in their ... Governor's views on this important subject are expressed in the subjoined extract : " The improvement of the ...
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Page 152 - We are now far into the fifth year since a policy was initiated with the avowed object and confident promise of putting an end to slavery agitation. Under the operation of that policy, that agitation has not only not ceased, but has constantly augmented. In my opinion, it will not cease until a crisis shall have been reached and passed. ' ' A house divided against itself cannot stand.
Page 152 - I do not expect the Union to be dissolved, I do not expect the house to fall, but I do expect it will cease to be divided. It will become all one thing, or all the other. Either the opponents of slavery will arrest the further spread of it, and place it where the public mind shall rest in the belief that it is in...
Page 16 - Tis of the wave and not the rock; 'Tis but the flapping of the sail, And not a rent made by the gale ! In spite of rock and tempest's roar, In spite of false lights on the shore. Sail on, nor fear to breast the sea! Our hearts, our hopes, are all with thee.
Page 59 - Provided, That as an express and fundamental condition to, the acquisition of any territory from the Republic of Mexico by the United States, by virtue of any treaty which may be negotiated between them, and to the use by the Executive of the moneys herein appropriated, neither Slavery nor involuntary servitude shall ever exist in any part of said territory, except for crime, whereof the party shall first be duly convicted.
Page 132 - Or those eighteen, upon whom the tower in Siloam fell, and slew them, think ye that they were sinners above all men that dwelt in Jerusalem ? I tell you, Nay : but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish.
Page 152 - If we could first know where we are, and whither we are tending, we could better judge what to do, and how to do it.
Page 33 - Provided however, and it is further understood and declared, that the boundaries of these three states shall be subject so far to be altered, that if Congress shall hereafter find it expedient, they shall have authority to form one or two states in that part of the said territory which lies north of an east and west line drawn through the southerly bend or extreme of lake Michigan.
Page 220 - Instruction shall be elected at the general election, to be held on the Tuesday succeeding the first Monday in November, nineteen hundred and twenty-nine.
Page 115 - That in furtherance of these principles we will use such constitutional and lawful means as shall seem best adapted to their accomplishment, and that we will support no man for office, under the general or State government, who is not positively and fully committed to the support of these principles, and -whose personal character and conduct is not a guarantee that he is reliable, and who shall not have abjured old party allegiance and ties.