The Tragic Era - The Revolution After LincolnRead Books Ltd, 23 mar 2011 - 604 Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork. |
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... corrupt. The Constitution was treated as a doormat on which politicians and army officers wiped their feet after wading in the muck. Never has the Supreme Court been treated with such ineffable contempt, and never has that tribunal so ...
... corrupt. The Constitution was treated as a doormat on which politicians and army officers wiped their feet after wading in the muck. Never has the Supreme Court been treated with such ineffable contempt, and never has that tribunal so ...
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... Corruption rampant — Tariff demands — Farmers grumbling — Railroad grafting — Cooke and the Northern Pacific — His lobby — Remembers statesmen with stock — Fighting for a subsidy — A hard battle — Blaine helps — Also Grant — Lobbies for ...
... Corruption rampant — Tariff demands — Farmers grumbling — Railroad grafting — Cooke and the Northern Pacific — His lobby — Remembers statesmen with stock — Fighting for a subsidy — A hard battle — Blaine helps — Also Grant — Lobbies for ...
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... Corruption and drunkenness — Fear of the election — Holden urged to terrorize State with militia — Hesitates — Plan to use militia for party purposes — Holden's correspondence — Conflicting currents — Pool calls party conference — The ...
... Corruption and drunkenness — Fear of the election — Holden urged to terrorize State with militia — Hesitates — Plan to use militia for party purposes — Holden's correspondence — Conflicting currents — Pool calls party conference — The ...
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... Corruption in State bonds — Paycertificate steals — State money furnishes Moses' room at boardinghouse — Why South Carolina had to submit — The negro majority — The ignorance — How Charleston was disfranchised — Persecution of ...
... Corruption in State bonds — Paycertificate steals — State money furnishes Moses' room at boardinghouse — Why South Carolina had to submit — The negro majority — The ignorance — How Charleston was disfranchised — Persecution of ...
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Claude G. Bowers. Cynical corruption in Washington — Tom Scott, lobbyist de luxe — Corruption in New York — Tweed — The CustomHouse — Reformers get Tweed — Cannot reach the CustomHouse — Collector Murphy — The General Order scandal How ...
Claude G. Bowers. Cynical corruption in Washington — Tom Scott, lobbyist de luxe — Corruption in New York — Tweed — The CustomHouse — Reformers get Tweed — Cannot reach the CustomHouse — Collector Murphy — The General Order scandal How ...
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