The Political Writings of Rufus ChoateAn orator of great renown, a congressman, senator, and colleague of Daniel Webster, Rufus Choate was a strong proponent of protective tariffs to assist domestic industry. |
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... party man . For nearly all of his political life he was a member and staunch supporter of the Whigs , a political party that came into exis- tence in the wake of a censure vote in the Senate to castigate President Andrew Jackson for ...
... party man . For nearly all of his political life he was a member and staunch supporter of the Whigs , a political party that came into exis- tence in the wake of a censure vote in the Senate to castigate President Andrew Jackson for ...
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... party to give them freedom is about as needful and about as feasible as a national party to keep Maine for freedom . And Kansas ! Let that abused and profaned soil have calm within its borders ; deliver it over to the natural law of ...
... party to give them freedom is about as needful and about as feasible as a national party to keep Maine for freedom . And Kansas ! Let that abused and profaned soil have calm within its borders ; deliver it over to the natural law of ...
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... party " against which he had declaimed since its inception ; and his other option , the American or " Know Nothing " Party , with which he was not entirely comfortable , was no real option either . That left Buchanan as the only ...
... party " against which he had declaimed since its inception ; and his other option , the American or " Know Nothing " Party , with which he was not entirely comfortable , was no real option either . That left Buchanan as the only ...
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... party , and a voice of mod- eration drowned out in a climate of agitation . President James Buchanan wrote of him : I deeply regret the death of Mr. Choate . I consider his loss , at the pres- ent time , to be a great public misfortune ...
... party , and a voice of mod- eration drowned out in a climate of agitation . President James Buchanan wrote of him : I deeply regret the death of Mr. Choate . I consider his loss , at the pres- ent time , to be a great public misfortune ...
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