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• United States -- Politics and government -- 1849-1853 -- Anecdotes
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• United States -- Politics and government -- 1849-1853 -- Speeches in Congress

• Presidency of Millard Fillmore

• Message from the President of the United States, to the Two Houses of Congress, at the Commencement of the Second session of the Thirty-First Congress, December 2, 1850 (Fillmore's 1850 State of the Union message, with accompanying reports from various government departments; 2 volumes in 1; Washington: Printed for the House of Representatives, 1850), contrib. by Millard Fillmore, United States Department of the Interior, United States Office of Indian Affairs, United States Pension Bureau, United States Navy Department, United States Post Office Department, United States Census Office, and United States War Department (page images at HathiTrust)
• President's Message; Slavery; California: Speech of Hon. W. V. N. Bay, of Missouri, in the House of Representatives, February 20, 1850, in Committee of the Whole on the State of the Union, on the Resolution Referring the President's Message to the Various Standing Committees (Washington: Printed at the Congressional Globe office, 1850), by W. V. N. Bay
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• Speech of Hon. A. G. Brown, of Mississippi, Delivered at Elwood Springs, Near Port Gibson, Miss., November 2, 1850 (Washington: Printed at the Globe office, 1850), by Albert Gallatin Brown
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• Prescience: Speech Delivered by Hon. Beverly Tucker, of Virginia, in the Southern Convention, Held at Nashville, Tenn., April 13th, 1850 (Richmond, VA: West and Johnston, 1862), by Beverley Tucker
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• Speech of Hon. E. K. Smart, of Maine, in Defence of the North Against the Charge of Aggression Upon the South: Delivered in the House of Representatives, April 23, 1852 (Washington: Printed at the Congressional Globe office, 1852), by E. K. Smart
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• Kansas Affairs: Speech of Hon. Charles E. Stuart, of Michigan, Delivered in the Senate of the United States, July 9, 1856 (Washington: Printed at the office of the Congressional globe, 1856), by C. E. Stuart
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• Slavery: Letters and Speeches, by Horace Mann (page images at MOA)
• Speech of Hon. Hannibal Hamlin, of Maine, on the Proposition to Admit California as a State Into the Union: Delivered in the Senate of the United States, March 5, 1850 (Washington: Printed at the Congressional Globe office, 1850), by Hannibal Hamlin
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• Speech of Hon. Thomas J. Rusk, of Texas, on the Boundaries of Texas (Washington: Printed at the Congressional Globe office, 1850), by Thomas J. Rusk
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• The Compromise, the Constitution, and the Union. (Lyon, 1850), by E. G. (page images at HathiTrust)
• Slavery: letters and speeches (B. B. Mussey & co., 1853), by Horace Mann (page images at HathiTrust)
• Speech of Charles W. Upham, of Salem, in the House of Representatives of Massachussetts, on the compromises of the constitution: with an appendix, containing the Ordinance of 1787. (Printed at the Tri-weekly gazette office, 1849), by Charles Wentworth Upham and Massachusetts. General court (page images at HathiTrust)
• Speech of Hon. Daniel Webster, to the young men of Albany. Wednesday, May 28, 1851. (Gideon & co., printers, 1851), by Daniel Webster (page images at HathiTrust)
• Political essays. ([n. p., 1852), by John M. Galt (page images at HathiTrust)
• Proceedings at the banquet of the Jackson Democratic Association, Washington, eighth of January, 1852. (Printed at the Congressional Globe Office, 1852), by D.C.) Jackson Democratic Association (Washington (page images at HathiTrust)
• Slavery: letters and speeches (B.B. Mussey & Co., 1851), by Horace Mann (page images at HathiTrust)
• Speech of Hon. J.R. Giddings, of Ohio, on Cuban annexation : delivered in the House of representatives, December 14, 1852. (s.n., 1852), by Joshua R. Giddings (page images at HathiTrust)
• Slavery: letters and speeches (B. B. Mussey & Co., 1853), by Horace Mann (page images at HathiTrust)
• Message of the President of the United States to Congress. (s.n., 1849), by United States. President (1849-1850 : Taylor) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Speech of Hon. H. S. Foote, of Mississippi, on establishing governments for California, Deseret, New Mexico, and Jacinto : delivered in Senate of the United States, January 8, 1850. (printed at the Globe Office, 1850), by Henry S. Foote (page images at HathiTrust)
• American progress, Judge Douglas, the presidency : speech of Mr. Marshall of California in the House of Representatives, March 11, 1852 in reply to the speech of Mr. Breckinridge of Kentucky. (s.n., 1852), by Edward Colston Marshall (page images at HathiTrust)
• Speech of Hon. Gilbert Dean, of New York, on the public expenditures, the presidency, & c., delivered in the House of Representatives, August 23, 1852. (Printed at the Congressional Globe Office, 1852), by Gilbert Dean (page images at HathiTrust)
• Speech of the Hon. Thaddeus Stevens, of Pennsylvania, on the subject of the admission of slavery in the territories. (Theo Fenn & Co., 1850), by Thaddeus Stevens and Theo. Fenn & Co (page images at HathiTrust)
• Slavery: letters and speeches. (Negro Universities Press, 1969), by Horace Mann (page images at HathiTrust)
• Speech of Mr. Segar, of Elizabeth City and Warwick, on the election of state officers (H. K. Ellyson's power press, 1850), by Joseph Eggleston Segar (page images at HathiTrust)
• An address to the people of the southern states. ([n.p., 1850), by YA Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress) (page images at HathiTrust)
• A letter from J. J. Speed, of Baltimore, to a landholder of Baltimore County, on the subject of disunion. (Printed by Sherwood & co., 1850), by Joseph J. Speed (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Galphin claim. ([Washington, 1850), by Edward Stanly and YA Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Speech of Mr. Webster at Capon Springs, Virginia; together with those of Sir H.L. Bulwer & Wm. L. Clarke, esq., June 28, 1851. (Gideon & co., printers, 1851), by Daniel Webster, William L. Clarke, and William Henry Lytton Earle Bulwer Dalling and Bulwer (page images at HathiTrust)
• The nation's truest shield. A sermon preached at Bladensburg, Maryland, on Thanksgiving-day, Thursday, 28 Nov., 1850 (D. Brunner, 1851), by William Pinkney (page images at HathiTrust)
• Reply of Hon. John J. McRae, to the speech of Senator Foote (Printed at the Daily and Weekly Delta office, 1851), by John J. McRae (page images at HathiTrust)
• Reply of Mr. Hilliard, of Alabama, to Mr. Stanly, of North Carolina (Printed at the Congressional globe office, 1850), by Henry Washington Hilliard (page images at HathiTrust)
• The union of the Democracy--resolutions of '98. Speech of Hon. N. S. Townshend, of Ohio, delivered in the House of Representatives, March 17, 1852. (Printed at the Congressional Globe Office, 1852), by N. S. Townshend (page images at HathiTrust)
• Views upon the present crisis. A discourse delivered in St. Peter's church, Charleston, on the 6th of December, 1850, the day of fasting, humiliation, and prayer, appointed by the legislature of South-Carolina. (Letter-press of E. C. Councell, 1850), by William H. Barnwell (page images at HathiTrust)
• Speech of Hon. James Brooks, of New York, on the deficiency bill. In the House of Representatives, March 20, 1852. (Gideon & co., printers, 1852), by James Brooks (page images at HathiTrust)
• An appeal to the whole country, for an union of parties, on the basis of the principles of Washington, Jefferson, Madison and Monroe, in favor of Gen. Taylor's administration (The United States, 1850), by Benjamin B. Minor (page images at HathiTrust)
• The coalition of the Democracy and the abolitionists ([n. p., 1849) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Speech of Mr. Thaddeus Stevens, of Pennsylvania, in the House of Representatives, on the reference of the President's annual message. Made in Committee of the Whole, February 20, 1850. (Printed by Buell & Blanchard, 1850), by Thaddeus Stevens (page images at HathiTrust)
• The evils of disunion: a discourse delivered on Thanksgiving day, December 12, 1850 (Press of J. Terhune and son, 1850), by Robert Davidson (page images at HathiTrust)
• Mr. Webster's speeches at Buffalo, Syracuse, and Albany, May, 1851. (Mirror office, 1851), by Daniel Webster (page images at HathiTrust)
• Speech of Col. Lewis V. Bogy, the Democratic nominee for Congress, in the First district. (Printed at the St. Louis times office, 1852), by Lewis Vital Bogy (page images at HathiTrust)
• Remarks of Hon. R. F. Stockton, of New Jersey (Printed by J. T. Towers, 1852), by Robert Field Stockton (page images at HathiTrust)
• Speech of Hon. Volney E. Howard, of Texas, on the Mexican boundary question--the Pacific railroad--the Collins steamers. (Printed at the Congressional globe office, 1852), by Volney Erskine Howard (page images at HathiTrust)
• Speech of Hon. C.J. Faulkner, of Virginia, on the compromise--the presidency--political parties. Delivered in the House of representatives, August 2, 1852. (Printed at the Congressional Globe Office, 1852), by Charles James Faulkner (page images at HathiTrust)
• Speech of the Hon. John M. Clayton, delivered at a public dinner given to him at Wilmington, on the 16th November, 1850 ([Wilmington? Del., 1853), by John Middleton Clayton (page images at HathiTrust)
• Speech of the Hon. R. C. Winthrop, of Mass., on the President's message; delivered in committee of the whole in the House of representatives of the United States, February 21, 1850. (Printed by Gideon & co., 1850), by Robert C. Winthrop (page images at HathiTrust)
• On appointments to office. (Printed at the Congressional globe office, 1850), by James Ware Bradbury (page images at HathiTrust)
• Speech of M. P. Gentry, of Tennessee, vindicating his course in the late Presidential election. Delivered to his constituents at Franklin, Tenn., November 20, 1852. (Printed at the Congressional Globe Office, 1853), by M. P. Gentry (page images at HathiTrust)
• Speech of John Minor Botts, at a dinner at Powhatan Court-house, Va., June 15, 1850. ([Richmond?, 1850), by John Minor Botts (page images at HathiTrust)
• Letter from Hon. Harry Hibbard, to Stephen Pingry and other citizens of New Hampshire. ([Washington?, 1852), by Harry Hibbard (page images at HathiTrust)
• Remarks of Hon. Daniel Webster in the Senate of the United States, June 17, 1850. Together with Mr. Webster's letter to Robert H. Gardiner, Esq., and other citizens of Maine. (Gideon & Co., Printers, 1850), by Daniel Webster (page images at HathiTrust)
• The American union : a discourse delivered on Thursday, December 12, 1850, the day of the annual thanksgiving in Pennsylvania, and repeated on Thursday, December 19, in the Tenth Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia (J.B. Lippincott & Co., 1860), by Henry A. Boardman (page images at HathiTrust)
• The American union: a discourse delivered on Thursday, December 12, 1850 (Lippincott, Grambo, and co., successors to Grigg, Elliott & co., 1851), by Henry Augustus Boardman (page images at HathiTrust)
• Speech of Hon. Alex. W. Buel, in defense of the Constitution and the union. (T. Ritchie, printer, 1851), by Alexander Woodruff Buel (page images at HathiTrust)
• Speech of Hon. J. A. Pearce, of Maryland, on the governmental administration of affairs in California, and on the government expenditures generally. Delivered in the Senate of the United States, April 29, 1852. (Printed at the Congressional Globe Office, 1852), by James Alfred Pearce (page images at HathiTrust)
• Mr. Calhoun's address to the people of the southern states. (S. C., 1849), by John C. Calhoun (page images at HathiTrust)
• God, the refuge of His people. A sermon, delivered before the General Assembly of South Carolina, on Friday, December 6, 1850, being a day of fasting, humiliation and prayer. (Printed by A.S. Johnston, 1850), by Whitefoord Smith and South Carolina General Assembly (page images at HathiTrust)
• Speech of Hon. Willard P. Hall, of Missouri, delivered in committee of the whole, the President's message being under consideration; in the House of representatives, December 11, 1851. (Printed at the Congressional globe office, 1851), by Willard P. Hall (page images at HathiTrust)
• Speech of Hon. Daniel Webster, to the young men of Albany. (Gideon & co., printers, 1851), by Daniel Webster and YA Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress) (page images at HathiTrust)
• A voice from the Valley of Virginia, on the times, their perils and prospects. ([Martinsburg, Va., 1850), by Martinsburg Martinsburg gazette (page images at HathiTrust)
• Condensed proceedings of the Southern convention (Fall & Marshall, printers, 1850), by Southern convention. Nashville (page images at HathiTrust)
• No just cause for a dissolution of the Union in any thing which has hitherto happened; but the Union the only security for southern rights. (Printed by J. W. & J. F. Warren, 1851), by Frederick A. P. Barnard (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Past and present--freedom national, slavery sectional. A document for the people. (Buell & Blanchard, printers, 1853) (page images at HathiTrust)
• The square egg; being a cheap dish for the times (J.P. Jewett & co., 1852), by Hiram Plover (page images at HathiTrust)
• Address of John W. Forney, of Pennsylvania (Printed by L. Towers, 1852), by John Wien Forney (page images at HathiTrust)
• Speeches of Mr. Webster at Capon Springs, Virginia : together with those of Sir H.L. Bulwer & Wm. L. Clarke, Esq., June 28, 1851. (Gideon & Co., printers, 1851), by Daniel Webster, William L. Clarke, and Henry Lytton Bulwer Dalling and Bulwer (page images at HathiTrust)
• Speech of Mr. Webster on Mr. Clay's resolutions : delivered in the Senate of the United States, March 7, 1850. (Gideon & Co., 1850), by Daniel Webster (page images at HathiTrust)
• The American Union: a discourse delivered on Thursday, December 12, 1850, the day of the annual thanksgiving in Pennsylvania, and repeated on Thursday, December 19, in the Tenth Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia. (Lippincott, Grambo and Co., 1851), by Henry A. Boardman (page images at HathiTrust)
• Remarks of Mr. Tuck, of New Hampshire, on the New Hampshire contested election. Delivered in the House of representatives, January 7, 1851. ([Washington, 1851), by Amos Tuck, George Washington Morrison, and Jared Perkins (page images at HathiTrust)
• Speech of Col. Lewis V. Bogy, the Democratic nominee for Congress, in the First district. (Printed at the St. Louis times office, 1852), by Lewis Vital Bogy (page images at HathiTrust)
• Speeches of Hon. Daniel Webster at Buffalo, Syracuse, and Albany, May, 1851. (Eastburn's Press, 1851), by Daniel Webster (page images at HathiTrust)
• Second speech of Mr. Rantoul, of Massachusetts, on the coalition in Massachusetts, delivered in the House of Representatives of the United States, March 9, 1852, in reply to Hon. George T. Davis. (Printed at the Congressional Globe Office, 1852), by Robert Rantoul and George T. Davis (page images at HathiTrust)
• To the public. (J. & G. S. Gideon, 1849), by Truman Smith (page images at HathiTrust)
• Speeches of Hon. Daniel Webster at Buffalo, Syracuse, & Albany, May, 1851. (Mirror Office, 1851), by Daniel Webster (page images at HathiTrust)
• The coalition of the Democracy and the Abolitionists in opposition to the administration of Gen. Taylor. (s.n, 1849) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Baltimore platforms-- Slavery question. Speech of Hon. Joshua R. Giddings, of Ohio, in the House of Representatives, June 23, 1852. (Buell & Blanchard, printers, 1852), by Joshua R. Giddings (page images at HathiTrust)
• No just cause for a dissolution of the Union in any thing which has hitherto happened : but the Union the only security for southern rights : an oration, delivered before the citizens of Tuscaloosa, Ala., July 4, 1851 (Warren, 1900), by Frederick A. P. Barnard (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Thanksgiving for the Union : a discourse delivered in the Federal-Street Meetinghouse in Boston, on Thanksgiving-Day, November 28, 1850 (Wm. Crosby and H.P. Nichols, 1850), by Ezra S. Gannett (page images at HathiTrust)
• Speech of Daniel Webster : delivered in the Senate of the United States, March 7, 1850, on the compromise resolutions of Mr. Clay. ([publisher not identified], 1850), by Daniel Webster (page images at HathiTrust)
• Speech of the Hon. Daniel Webster, upon the subject of slavery : delivered in the United States Senate on Thursday, March 7, 1850 ; as revised and corrected by himself. (Redding & Co., 1850), by Daniel Webster (page images at HathiTrust)
• Speech of the Honorable Daniel Webster, on the Compromise bill : delivered in the Senate of the United States, on the 17th day of July, 1850. (Gideon & Co., printers, 1850), by Daniel Webster (page images at HathiTrust)
• Our mission : is it to be accomplished by the perpetuation of our present Union? : the question considered in the light of revealed religion, in a review of the political opinions of some of our clergy. (Charleston, S.C. : Steam Power-Press of Walker and James, 1851., 1851), by James Chesnut and Walker & James (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Union, past and future : how it works, and how to save it ([Charleston, S.C.] : First published in Washington, D.C., and re-published in Charleston, S.C. by the Southern Rights Association, 1850., 1850), by Muscoe R. H. Garnett, Southern Rights Associations of South Carolina, and Walker & James (page images at HathiTrust)
• Address to the Democracy of Missouri. (s.n., 1850), by Montgomery Blair (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Nashville convention of 1850 (Montgomery, Ala., 1905), by Dallas T. Herndon (page images at HathiTrust)
• Remarks of the Hon. Beverly [sic] Tucker of Virginia. ([Colin, Baptist & Nowlan], 1850), by Beverley Tucker and Tenn.) Southern Convention (1850 : Nashville (page images at HathiTrust)
• Slavery question and its adjustment (Printed at the Congressional Globe Office, 1850), by David S. Kaufman (page images at HathiTrust)
• Speech of Hon. I. Washburn, Jr., of Maine : on the Compromise as a national party test (Printed at the Congressional Globe Office, 1852), by Israel Washburn (page images at HathiTrust)
• Speech of the Hon. Wm. H. Seward, in the Senate of the United States, on the admission of California. Delivered March 8, 1850. ([Washington, D.C.] : [publisher not identified], [1850], 1850), by William H. Seward and Lewis Cass (page images at HathiTrust)
• Slavery: letters and speeches, by Horace Mann (Gutenberg ebook)

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