THE AMERICAN SYSTEM. SPEECHES ON THE TARIFF QUESTION, AND ON INTERNAL IMPROVEMENTS

Philadelphia: Henry Carey Baird, 1872. Principally Delivered in The House of Representatives of the United States. Contents: A Biographical Sketch; and 9 Speeches on THE TARIFF and 9 Speeches on INTERNAL IMPROVEMENTS given from 1824 through 1846. Speeches include: In Defence of the Protective Policy; The Tariff and Distribution; Wool and Woolen Manufactures; Western Improvements; The Tariff of 1824; Opposition to Repeal of Tariff of 1828; Cumberland Road; Internal Improvement; James K. Polk and the Cumberland Road; Report on Chesapeake and Ohio Canal; and Breaking Ground Upon The Canal. Plus Comments and Opinions of the Press. 407 pp. including Index. Plus 24 pages from the publisher on A Catalogue of Practical and Scientific Books. Green covers with indented decorative design. Gilt lettering on spine. Spine ends frayed with small tears. Rubbing at spine joints and along parts of book's edges. 1/2" front side edge frayed to boards.Residue from lib.label? at base of spine. Overall covers are Good. College(Griswold) library bookplate on front endpaper. Frontis. portrait of Andrew Stewart, protected by tissue guard, tear at side edge. Otherwise interior is tight, clean and Very Good+. Andrew Stewart was appointed by President Monroe as United States attorney for the western district of Pennsylvania and served from 1818 to 1820. He was affiliated with the Republican Party.. Cloth. Good. Illus. by Tables. Size: Approx. 6 " x 9 ". Business.