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CHAPTER XXXII.

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FOREIGN INFLUENCE AND KNOW-NOTHINGISM. "Filibustering"--The Hulsemann Letter--Kossuth, of Hungary--The Know-Nothings--Boss Tweed, of New York--Butler, of South Carolina --Other Prominent Senators--Exit Clay--Enter Sumner--The Officers of the House.