Buy this book on-line Collins, William : Speech of Hon. W. Collins, of New York, on the Bill to Establish the Territorial Government of Oregon. Delivered in the House of Representatives, July 28, 1848Printed at the Congressional Globe Office, Washington, D.C., 1848
Original publisher's beige paper wrappers. Text printed in black ink. Two leaves are unopened. 5 3/4" x 9." Thirteen pages, complete. Pages are very clean and intact except for light age toning, small occasional spots of foxing or discoloration, and slight chipping and splitting along spine. A Very Good copy. A speech that was originally delivered before the United States House of Representatives on July 28, 1848 by William Collins (1818-1878), an American lawyer and politician. He served as a U.S. Representative from New York from 1847-1849. He was a Democrat. In this speech, Collins takes aim at both Northern abolitionists and Southern slaveholders in his discussion of whether Oregon Territory, or any newly added territories in the U.S., should ban slavery within their borders. Collins made this speech amid the highly contentious question of whether California and New Mexico, recently acquired as a result of the Mexican-American War, should also be free, instead of slave, territories. Collins acknowledges that slavery is an evil institution but generally appears to take the stance that slavery should not be touched in the states where it is already established. Collins lambastes slaveholders' arguments that slavery is "good" or beneficial but also disagrees with abolitionists' legal reasoning backing their proposals banning slavery in new territories. Collins notes that Southern slave states have threatened to secede from the Union if slavery is banned in "free territories" but also suggests that Northerners will not yield until the complete abolition of slavery is secured. Central to Collins's address is the constitutionality of the Wilmot Proviso and whether Congress can decide whether or not slavery is banned or allowed in newly admitted territories. The Missouri Compromise is also briefly discussed in some parts of his speech.. Book. Book Condition: Very 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 Collins, William : Speech of Hon. W. Collins, of New York, on the Bill to Establish the Territorial Government of Oregon. Delivered in the House of Representatives, July 28, 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 out-of-print books, livres anciens, libri antichi, livres d'occasion and rare books. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |