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Title: American Eloquence, Volume II. (of 4)
Studies In American Political History (1896)

Author: Various

Release Date: March 17, 2005 [EBook #15392]

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Produced by David Widger

AMERICAN ELOQUENCE

STUDIES IN AMERICAN POLITICAL HISTORY

Edited with Introduction by Alexander Johnston

Reedited by James Albert Woodburn

Volume II. (of 4)

CONTENTS:

V.-THE ANTI-SLAVERY STRUGGLE.

RUFUS KING
On The Missouri Struggle--United States Senate,
February 11 And 14, 1820.

WILLIAM PINKNEY
On The Missouri Struggle--United States Senate,
February 15, 1820.

WENDELL PHILLIPS
On The Murder Of Lovejoy--Faneuil Hall, Boston,
December 8, 1837.

JOHN QUINCY ADAMS
On The Constitutional War Power Over Slavery
--House Of Representatives, May 25, 1836.

JOHN C. CALHOUN
On The Slavery Question--United States Senate,
March 4, 1850.

DANIEL WEBSTER
On The Constitution And The Union--United States
Senate, March 7, 1850.

HENRY CLAY
On The Compromise Of 1850--United States Senate,
July 22, 1850.

WENDELL PHILLIPS
On The Philosophy Of The Abolition Movement--Before
The Massachusetts, Anti-Slavery Society, Boston,
January 27, 1853.

CHARLES SUMNER
On The Repeal Of The Fugitive Slave Law--United
States Senate, August 26, 1852.

LIST OF PORTRAITS--VOLUME II.

RUFUS KING -- From a steel engraving.

JOHN Q. ADAMS -- From a painting by MARCHANT.

JOHN C. CALHOUN -- From a daguerreotype by BRADY.

DANIEL WEBSTER -- From a painting by R. M. STAIGG.

HENRY CLAY -- From a crayon portrait.

INTRODUCTION TO THE REVISED VOLUME II.

The second volume of the American Eloquence is devoted exclusively
to the Slavery controversy. The new material of the revised edition
includes Rufus King and William Pinkney on the Missouri Question; John
Quincy Adams on the War Power of the Constit