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A Political Register, Setting Forth the Principles of the Whig and Locofoco Parties in the United States: With the Life and Public Services of Henry Clay (Classic Reprint) - Tapa blanda

Brownlow, William Gannaway

 
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In Tennessee -~our own belo. Ed Tennessee, within the last eighteen months, mobs and 1 aiutionary spirit, have taken the place of the con ntituted authorities of the State. In the Legislature, a large portion of one of the political parties, and all at once, during the sitting of that body, and in the name of Democracy, left their seats abruptly, leaving less than enough to form a quorum for doing business, and without the power in those who remained, either to proceed in business or to adjourn -before they would go into an election of United States Senators, be cause, forsooth, their party were in a minority, and not able to elect men of their own choice!

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Excerpt from A Political Register, Setting Forth the Principles of the Whig and Locofoco Parties in the United States: With the Life and Public Services of Henry Clay

In Tennessee -~our own belo. Ed Tennessee, within the last eighteen months, mobs and 1 aiutionary spirit, have taken the place of the con ntituted authorities of the State. In the Legislature, a large portion of one of the political parties, and all at once, during the sitting of that body, and in the name of Democracy, left their seats abruptly, leaving less than enough to form a quorum for doing business, and without the power in those who remained, either to proceed in business or to adjourn -before they would go into an election of United States Senators, be cause, forsooth, their party were in a minority, and not able to elect men of their own choice!

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Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com

This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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Excerpt from A Political Register, Setting Forth the Principles of the Whig and Locofoco Parties in the United States: With the Life and Public Services of Henry Clay

In Congress, at the very seat of our Government, and among the lawo makers themselves, for the last ten or twelve years, the aspect of aflairs, has been but little, if any more amicable. Threats of violence, of te pealing existing laws, challenges to mortal combat, and resolutions of censure, of impeachment - Presidential vetoes, plundering the Public Treasury, and personal abuse, have been the order of the day; while the perpetrators of these crimes, have been censured or praised, according to the ascendency or decline of their respective parties. How long will this state of things last? 'w'ho are ustly chargeable with their existence Whose principles lead to and encourage such a state of things? Are they indicative of National prosperity (3 Or are they forerunners of po litical destruction? The proper answers to the anxious interrogatories, will be found in the following pages.

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This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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