AMERICAN HISTORY

From the Debates in the British Parliament on the
Colonial Stamp Act (1764-1765) to the Debates
in Congress at the Close of the Taft
Administration (1912-1913

EDITED BY

MARION MILLS MILLER, LITT.D. (PRINCETON)
Editor of "The Life and Works of Abraham Lincoln," etc.

IN FOURTEEN VOLUMES

EACH DEALING WITH A SPECIFIC SUBJECT, AND CONTAINING A SPECIAL INTRODUC-
TION BY A DISTINGUISHED AMERICAN STATESMAN OR PUBLICIST

VOLUME FIVE

STATE RIGHTS (1798-1861), SLAVERY (1858-1861)
With an Introduction by ETHELBERT D. WARFIELD, LL.D.
President of Lafayette College

CURRENT LITERATURE PUBLISHING COMPANY

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CONTENTS OF VOLUME FIVE

INTRODUCTION: The Kentucky Resolutions

By ETHELBERT D. WARFIELD

CHAPTER

I. STATE RIGHTS (introductory chapter) .

Senator THOMAS H. BENTON (Mo.), on the "Theory of Com-

pact" between the States in the Virginia and Kentucky

Resolutions, as opposed to the Theory of Nullification held

by Senator JOHN C. CALHOUN (S. C.).

Senator ROBERT Y. HAYNE (S. C.), on the "Treason of New

England" (in the Hartford Convention).

"Appeal to the South" (against Nullification) by President

JOHN QUINCY ADAMS.

Senators WILLIAM SMITH (S. C.) and HAYNE on the Protests

of South Carolina and Georgia against the Tariff of 1828.

Debates in the Senate between ROBERT Y. HAYNE (S. C.) and

DANIEL WEBSTER (Mass.) on "Consolidation" and "Nulli-

fication"; reply of THOMAS H. BENTON (Mo.) to WEBSTER'S

Peroration.

III. NULLIFICATION

Controversy over Nullification of the Tariff Act of 1832: in

favor, Representative THOMAS CLAYTON (Ga.); opposed,

Senator HENRY CLAY (Ky.), President ANDREW JACKSON.

Debate in the Senate on the "Force Bill": in favor, WIL-

LIAM H. WILKINS (Pa.), FELIX GRUNDY (Tenn.), DANIEL

WEBSTER (Mass.); opposed, JOHN TYLER (Va.), JOHN C.

CALHOUN (S. C.).

IV. "POPULAR SOVEREIGNTY"

Debates between Senator STEPHEN A. DOUGLAS (Ill.) and

ABRAHAM LINCOLN (Ill.) on "Slavery in the Territories.''

V. "THE IRREPRESSIBLE CONFLICT''

Speech of Senator WILLIAM H. SEWARD (N. Y.) on "the Irre-

pressible Conflict," and reply by Senator ALFRED IVERSON

(Ga.), "The Inevitable Dissolution of the Union."'

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VI. JOHN BROWN'S ATTACK ON HARPER'S FERRY.

Speech of CHARLES O'CONOR (N. Y.) on the Attack: "Slavery

Is Right.

Debate in the Senate on Investigation of the Attack: Demo-

cratic speakers, JAMES M. MASON (Va.), ROBERT M. T.

HUNTER (Va.), JEFFERSON DAVIS (Miss.), JOHN J. CRITTEN-

DEN (Ky.), ALBERT G. BROWN (Miss.), ALFRED IVERSON

(Ga.); Republican speakers, LYMAN TRUMBULL (Ill.), JOHN

P. HALE (N. H.), HENRY WILSON (Mass.), WILLIAM P.

FESSENDEN (Me.), ZACHARIAH CHANDLER (Mich.).

"The Warning of Harper's Ferry": Message of President
JAMES BUCHANAN.

VII. "THE DEATH KNELL OF POPULAR SOVEREIGNTY"

(The South's War on Senator Douglas)

Debate in the Senate on Resolutions of JEFFERSON DAVIS

(Miss.) repudiating the Doctrine of Popular Sovereignty:

in favor, Senator DAVIS, GRAHAM N. FITCH (Ind.), ROBERT

TOOMBS (Ga.); opposed, DANIEL CLARK (N. H.), STEPHEN

A. DOUGLAS (Ill.).

VIII. SLAVERY IN THE TERRITORIES (The Issue in the Presi-

dential Campaign of 1860)

Tilt in the Charleston (Democratic) Convention over the Free-

port Doctrine ("Unfriendly Legislation" toward Slavery)

between WILLIAM L. YANCEY (Ala.) and Senator GEORGE E.

PUGH (0.).

Speech of ABRAHAM LINCOLN (Ill.) at Cooper Union on "Slav-

ery as the Fathers Viewed It."

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IX. "SLAVERY THE CORNER-STONE OF THE CONFED-

ERACY" (Debates and Speeches in the South on Secession) 269

Debate in the South Carolina Legislature on "Independent

Action, or Coöperation with Other Cotton States': in favor

of the former, Mr. MULLINS; of the latter, Mr. McGowan.

Speech of EDWARD RUFFIN (Va.) at Columbia, S. C.: "Vir-

ginia Will Join the Confederacy."

Address of Gov. BERIAH MAGOFFIN (Ky.) to the Southern

States: "Remain in the Union to Fight for Southern

Rights."

Inaugural Address of JEFFERSON DAVIS (Miss.) as President

of the Confederacy.

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Inaugural Address of ALEXANDER H. STEPHENS (Ga.)

Vice-President: "Slavery the Corner-Stone of the Confed-

eracy."

X. COERCION OF THE SOUTHERN STATES: CONSTITU-

TIONAL OR UNCONSTITUTIONAL?

Opinion of Attorney-General JEREMIAH S. BLACK that Coercion

Is Unconstitutional.

Debate in the Senate on the threatened Secession of South

Carolina: favoring Secession, THOMAS L. CLINGMAN (N. C.),

JOSEPH LANE (Ore.), ALBERT G. BROWN (Miss.), ALFRED

IVERSON (Ga.), LOUIS T. WIGFALL (Tex.); opposed, JOHN

J. CRITTENDEN (Ky.), JOHN P. HALE (N. H.), WILLARD

SAULSBURY (Del.), STEPHEN A. DOUGLAS (Ill.).

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