Author: Ward, Aaron
Title: Speech of Mr. Aaron Ward, of New York, on the Bill Making Appropriation for the Support of the Army and Military Academy. Delivered in the House of Representatives May 31, 1842
Description: Munich, Printed at the Globe Office, 1842. First edition. Removed. 11 pp. 8vo. Cave Johnson had added an amendment to this bill which might well have reduced the army, but James Roosevelt added a substitute amendment which would have left the army at its then current size. Ward, a Jacksonian, approved this position. "Instead of building up systems of defence with prudent and economical foresight, we see efforts made to break down the defences and to deprived the government of the very means of maintaining its own existence, and of providing for the welfare, the defence, and the liberties of this great nation." He ends with Washington's admonition, "in peace, prepare for war." OCLC and RLIN show only five copies. A very good copy with scattered foxing.

Keywords: , Americana, Americana, 19th c., Congressional Speeches, United States Military Academy, West Point, Military, U.S. Army, Pamphlet


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