The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1872-04-11
Amendments to the Constitution
SPEECH OF
HON. JOHN J. DAVIS.
OF WEST VIRGINIA.
,,<arad Ia the House Of Represen
tntiyes, March -. 1872.

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