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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1854 Excerpt: ... wine) was in a sad fidget. Bucaneer stock seems to be on the gain, and Savannah has led off with a handsome figure; it is hinted that proposals are afoot to ereot a monument in the neighborhood of the Pulaski House, to that intrepid adventurer, the late Mr. Kidd. My friend, Mr. Foote, with whom I strolled down the Avenue yesterday, is rather disappointed at the turn things have taken; he has his doubts about Lopez's bravery, and says of him, (he talks Spanish) No est tan bravo il leon, como se pinta;--whioh means, I suppose, that he is not so brave in the shade, as in the ' Sun.' As for Daniel, he is hearty, and feels quite set up by that snug dinner at the Revere. He thinks Mr. Mann is better at 'hints to young men, ' than hints to old ones; and that all good schoolmasters are not, in virtue of the ferrule, good politicians. As the mail is near dosing, I can only give you a sketch of the proceedings at a late Southern caucus. Mr. Clemens being called to the chair, and Mr. Yulee appointed secretary, the committee, named for that purpose, reported the following preamble and resolutions: --Whereas, the United States of America are just now perplexed by sundry embar rassing questions, which, from the nature of the government, devolve upon Congress for settlement; A SOUTHERN CAUCUS. 71 and whereas, that Congress is not the most efficient that can be imagined, and is made up in a great measure of hot-headed Northern fanatics; and whereas, the questions alluded to are vital, involving the dearest interests of a great many gentlemen of the South, and collaterally of the North; and whereas, the session of Congress is fast passing away without any security being effected for a continued, peaceable, and orderly possession of priv ileges at present guaranteed by the Con...
| ISBN-13 | 9781150958045 |
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| ISBN-10 | 1150958049 |
| Weight | 0.46 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.31 In |
| List Price | $19.99 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 134 pages |
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| Published On | 2010-03-01 |
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