Addresses, Speeches And Miscellanies On Various Occasions, From 1854 to 1879
The book Addresses, Speeches And Miscellanies On Various Occasions, From 1854 to 1879 was written by author White, Andrew Dickson, 1832-1918. Fmo Here you can read free online of Addresses, Speeches And Miscellanies On Various Occasions, From 1854 to 1879 book, rate and share your impressions in comments. If you don't know what to write, just answer the question: Why is Addresses, Speeches And Miscellanies On Various Occasions, From 1854 to 1879 a good or bad book?
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Fillmore in many of his characteristics — a man whom New York will long cherish as one of her noblest, purest, best of sons — Silas Wright. He was elected comptroller subsequently, an office hardly 26o ADDRESSES AND MISCELLANIES. to his taste, yet T)ne whose duties he discharged with great ability. And from this office he is transferred to the broader sphere of national politics. His nomination as vice- president was simply the recognition of his prominence already won, both in his own State an...d at Washington. The death of his lamented colleague. General Taylor, imposed upon him as the executive of the nation, some of the highest responsibilities of government. And here we enter upon ground where the ashes of a fire intensified by every element of human interest, ambition, sentiment and passion, are still warm, if not of burning heat. That struggle and its incidents and surroundings and its master leaderships, who that witnessed it will ever forget? It was the battle of the giants, almost the last great conflict of the political leaders of the first half of our century, Webster, Clay, Calhoun, Douglas, Chase, Seward, and others of less fame, leading the conflict with all the fire of genius and all the enthusiasm of conviction.
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