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Page 35
... Senate , where the numbers called for were immediately reduced to 1600 , William Maclay of Pennsylvania ' spoke against the whole bill as an egg from which a standing army would be hatched . ' With regard to a report that the Spanish ...
... Senate , where the numbers called for were immediately reduced to 1600 , William Maclay of Pennsylvania ' spoke against the whole bill as an egg from which a standing army would be hatched . ' With regard to a report that the Spanish ...
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... Senate , led by Clay , Calhoun , and Webster , defeated the amend- ment and refused any compromise with the House version of the bill . Although the action of the Senate was denounced by Jackson and by some later historians as an ...
... Senate , led by Clay , Calhoun , and Webster , defeated the amend- ment and refused any compromise with the House version of the bill . Although the action of the Senate was denounced by Jackson and by some later historians as an ...
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... Senate , asked why , in time of peace and with no threatened invasion , the United States was preparing for war ? William E. Chandler , a Senator from New Hampshire , who as Secretary of the Navy in the early 1880s had played an ...
... Senate , asked why , in time of peace and with no threatened invasion , the United States was preparing for war ? William E. Chandler , a Senator from New Hampshire , who as Secretary of the Navy in the early 1880s had played an ...
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The AngloAmerican Heritage | 3 |
The Founding Fathers Reaffirm Civil Supremacy | 18 |
The Defeat of the Federalist Military Plans | 32 |
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