Author: Wilson, Henry
Title: Northern Radicals and Southern Radicals. Speech of Hon. Henry Wilson, of Massachusetts, in the Senate of the United States, January 27, 1868
Description: No place (Washington), Congressional Globe Office, Printer, 1868. Pamphlet. Pamphlet, disbound from a larger work. 7 pp. Double columned text. A short speech castigating the senator Doolittle from Wisconsin and his plan to abandon the then current policy of reconstruction and adopt one more favorable to Southern states. Wilson alludes to the scare tactics of a hypothetical war between races, as well the struggles of African-Americans and poor whites in the South, while also referring to 'the treachery of President Johnson.' Henry Wilson was an ardent abolitionist and 'Radical Republican,' eventually serving as vice-president under Ulysses S. Grant. GOOD condition. Many binding holes along the left edge. Minor browning, soiling and a few small spots of staining. Minor wrinkling. Good .

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