Speech of Horace Mann, on the right of Congress to legislate for the territories of the United States, and its duty to exclude slavery therefrom..

by Horace Mann

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First edition

Washington: printed by J. & G. S. Gideon, 1848. First edition, 8vo, pp. 20; self-wrappers. Mann was elected to Congress in 1848 to fill the vacancy left by the death of John Quincy Adams. This is his first speech to Congress and it left a mark, advocating Congress's right and duty to exclude slavery from the territories, and in a letter in December of that year he said: I think the country is to experience serious times. Interference with slavery will

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