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CHAPTER XXVIII.. The Great Compromise Debate.

Perley's Reminiscences of Sixty Years in the National Metropolis, V. 1-2 · Benjamin Perley Poore — chapter 28 of 182 · ~38 words · public domain

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THE GREAT COMPROMISE DEBATE. Stormy Scenes at the Capitol--Crimination and Recrimination--Taylor's Only Message--Return of Mr. Clay to the Senate--The Great Compromise Debate--Webster's Seventh of March Speech--The Last Days of Calhoun --Jefferson Davis' Leadership--John P. Hale, of New Hampshire.

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