California, Union, and Freedom / Speech of William H. Seward, on the Admission of California. Delivered in the Senate of the United States, March 11, 1850: California’s Admission to Statehood, 1850
by Seward, William
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Seward's first address to the Senate was one of his most influential orations and immediately established him as a national antislavery leader.
1st ed. 8vo, 16 pp., Disbound from a larger volume; no outer wrappers.
Seward acknowledged that the Constitution's framers had recognized slavery's existence and protected it where it existed, but the new territory was governed by a "higher law than the Constitution" -- a moral law established by "the Creator of the universe." Opposing all legislative compromise as "radically wrong and essentially vicious," Seward demanded the unconditional admission of California as a free state.
CONDiton: Good; a clean copy overall but disbound from a larger volume and the pages starting to separate at left edge, which also shows rough trimming. First and last pages lightly toned; several of the pages were printed off-center, although the text is fully present.
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- Title
- California, Union, and Freedom / Speech of William H. Seward, on the Admission of California. Delivered in the Senate of the United States, March 11, 1850
- Author
- Seward, William
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Publisher
- Buell & Blanchard
- Place of Publication
- Washington, [D.C.]
- Date Published
- 1850
- Pages
- 16
- Size
- 8vo
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- BIBLIO-LIVE-4, U.S. History, americana, ephemera, California, states, union, slavery, civil war, statehood
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