Buy this book on-line Wick, William W : Apologetic--Explanatory--Denunciatory. Speech of William W. Wick, of Indiana, in Committee of the Whole on the State of the Union. Delivered in the House of Representatives of the United States, August 7, 1848
Original publisher's beige paper wrappers. Text printed in black ink. No date, circa 1848. 7" x 9." Seven pages, complete. Pages are clean and intact overall but have moderate browning and foxing throughout, a small hole on Page 7 (resulting in the loss of a few words), a vertical crease toward fore-edge running throughout, and slight chipping and splitting along spine and the vertical crease. A Good copy. A speech that was originally delivered before the United States House of Representatives on August 7, 1848 by William W. Wick (1796-1868), an American lawyer and politician. He served as a U.S. Representative from Indiana from 1839-1841 and 1845-1849. He was a Democrat. Wick addresses a number of subjects in this speech but his views generally align with the Democratic platform at the time. For example, Wick defends President James K. Polk's actions during the Mexican-American War, such as engaging in active warfare and declaring the Rio Grande as Texas's border, and rhetorically asks the Whigs if they would have done anything differently. Wick appears to back U.S. involvement in the war by using the argument that it was to defend the country, but he opposed the annexation of Mexican territory because he was against racial integration. Likewise, Wick supported the Wilmot Proviso, which would have extended the latitudinal line of the Missouri Compromise to the West Coast, but for the express purpose of allowing the addition of slave states in the American Southwest. Wick states he is not interested in extending slavery in this speech, but he also opposes the Whigs' proposed ban of slavery in new territories and argues that such reasoning to ban slavery has no legal backing. Wick also defends Democratic presidential candidate Lewis Cass and specifically denounces the accusations that Cass obtained an "extra salary" in his line of work. Wick states there is no evidence of such an "extra salary." Wick generally lambastes the Whigs in this speech and appears to accuse them of hypocrisy.. Book. Book Condition: Good. Binding: Soft cover Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of Wick, William W : Apologetic--Explanatory--Denunciatory. Speech of William W. Wick, of Indiana, in Committee of the Whole on the State of the Union. Delivered in the House of Representatives of the United States, August 7, 1848. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including collectables, rare books, livres illustrées, incunabula and livres anciens. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |