Fessenden of Maine, Civil War Senator"Entering the Senate during the convulsive Kansas-Nebraska debate, William Pitt Fessenden rose to a place of leadership among that small band of anti-Nebraska Congressmen who then swung their support to the infant Republican party. Until his death in 1869 Senator Fessenden occupied a commanding position in national councils, where his powerful intellect, mastery in debate, and unquestioned integrity caused him to be considered by many of his colleagues as the foremost legislator of his day."--Preface. |
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Page 133
... measure it soon proved most unrealistic for a nation at war . So it was that the bill reported by Senator Fessenden in late July of 1861 proposed to alter the Morrill Act in such a way as to provide for a substantial increase in customs ...
... measure it soon proved most unrealistic for a nation at war . So it was that the bill reported by Senator Fessenden in late July of 1861 proposed to alter the Morrill Act in such a way as to provide for a substantial increase in customs ...
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... measure . With his friend Collamer he had striven with some success to " tone down " the more radical features of the bill , but he still hesitated to give his unqualified support to what he con- sidered " the most important measure ...
... measure . With his friend Collamer he had striven with some success to " tone down " the more radical features of the bill , but he still hesitated to give his unqualified support to what he con- sidered " the most important measure ...
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... measure was indirect and lacking in courage . It failed to meet the situation squarely . Far better , thought Fessenden , to make a clear and simple avowal of prin- ciple . Far better to declare outright that the ballot must not be ...
... measure was indirect and lacking in courage . It failed to meet the situation squarely . Far better , thought Fessenden , to make a clear and simple avowal of prin- ciple . Far better to declare outright that the ballot must not be ...
Contents
Preface Acknowledgments vii | 1 |
GETTING SET IN LAW AND POLITICS | 12 |
ALSO KENT AND FESSENDEN | 24 |
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