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The following letter from Ex- President Pierce is in the same misleading strain:
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When President Pierce was inaugurated, on the fourth of March, their flood.
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But the events of President Pierce's administration threatened to be its undoing.
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Accordingly, President Pierce, in December, 1854, offered the governorship to Lieutenant Colonel Steptoe.
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This, I think, was particularly so in New Hampshire, from whence President Pierce came.
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In March, 1855, President Pierce appointed Mr. Willson judge of the District Court just authorized.
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The commissioners were to be appointed by President Pierce.
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The administration of President Pierce committed itself at the first in support of the proslavery party.
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Caleb Cushing, with whom he had been four years associated in the Cabinet of President Pierce.
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Ex- President Pierce is insulted and bears it well.
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The political excitement existing during the whole of President Pierce's term entered into social life in Washington.
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In the House of Representatives it encountered a similar hostility, but was ultimately signed by President Pierce.
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To add to the popular feeling, already deeply inflamed, President Pierce met this demand with affirmative action.
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Douglas was a despotic party leader, and President Pierce had made the Nebraska bill an Administration question.
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During the administration of President Pierce, Congress created the rank of Lieutenant-General, and General Scott received the appointment.
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He was appointed by President Pierce.