Buchanan, James

Message from the President of the United States to the Two Houses of Congress : Communicating a Certified Copy of the Constitution of Kansas, Framed by the Convention Recently Assembled at Lecompton

Washington [D.C.], Printed at the Congressional Globe Office, 1858. First edition. Removed. 8 pp. 8vo. Buchanan, "urged the admission of Kansas as a state, under that constitution. The president's arguments were, that the slavery question was the only one at issue in the territory; that the free state men, if they had voted and really were in the majority, might have defeated slavery; that they subsequently voted for state officers under the Lecompton constitution; that the people of Kansas, having thus framed a constitution and elected officers under it, should be admitted to the Union; that they have a right to alter their constitution when they will; that the admission of Kansas would localize the question of slavery, leaving it for the people of Kansas to settle; that the admission would bring quiet to the whole country, and then the troops might be withdrawn from that territory for other purposes" (Hinton: History of the United States of America, Volume 2, p. 53). Lib. Company. Afro-Americana, 10651. A very good copy .

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[Mexican War]. Polk, James K. Buchanan, James & Taylor, Zachary - Contributors

MESSAGE From The PRESIDENT Of The UNITED STATES, To The TWO HOUSES Of CONGRESS, At The COMMENCEMENT Of The FIRST SESSION Of The THIRTIETH CONGRESS. December 7, 1847. Senate. 30th Congress, 1st Session. Executive No. 1

Washington: Printed by Wendell & Van Benthuysen, 1847. 1st edition. Modern quarter-bound brown leather spine with marbled paper-wrapped boards and gilt stamped title lettering to spine. 2 volumes: 810; 811 - 1369, [1 (blank)], 249, [1 (blank)] pp. Appendix last 250 pp of Vol. II. Text only, lacks maps & folding tables. 8vo. 9-1/2" x 5-3/4". Bindings - Fine. Textblocks - VG.

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