Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Breckinridge” in chapter 16 of Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 4:
...ee had run a most eccentric political career,—first a Whig and then a Democrat; a partisan of pro-slavery doctrines; president of the Democratic convention at Charleston in 1860; a supporter of Breckinridge 's candidacy the same year, and the author of an inflammatory speech after Mr. Lincoln's election, which was calculated to encourage Southern resistance. He addressed, March 21, 1861, a letter to Jef...
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