Author: Morrill, Justin Smith
Title: Admission of Kansas. Speech of Hon. J.S. Morrill of Vermont, on the Admission of Kansas As a Free State Into the Union. Delivered in the House of Representatives, June 28, 1856
Description: No Place, No Publisher. Pamphlet. No publisher, place or date given. Presumed Washington, DC, circa 1856. 8 page pamphlet. Double columned text. A strongly worded speech against the admission of Kansas into the Union as a slave state, taking to task Northern and Democratic politicians complicit in the administration of the territory of Kansas and its potential slave state status, as well as highlighting the ills to the country, citizens and society that slavery holds. With brief mention of potential civil war, and harsh words against the Pierce administration and the Know-nothing party. Justin Smith Morrill was a representative from Vermont, serving as both a Whig and a Republican, being one of the founders of that party (Wikipedia). GOOD condition. Heavy creasing, chipping and tearing along the extremities. Two horizontal fold creases present. Paper browned and somewhat brittle. Faint dampstain present. Unopened along the top edge. Good .

Keywords: Noisbn Slavery Slave States


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