Memorable American speeches collected and edited by John Vance Cheney

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Cheney, John Vance, 1848-1922.

Series:

The Lakeside classics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Speeches, addresses, etc., American.

Physical Description:

4 v. : ill. (ports.) ; 17 cm.

Place of Publication:

Chicago : Lakeside Press, R.R. Donnelley & Sons, 1907-10.

Contents:

v. 1. Colonial period. James Otis : On the writs of assistance. James Wilson : In vindication of the colonies. Joseph Warren : In commemoration of the Boston massacre. Patrick Henry : An individual declaration of war. Samuel Adams : On American independence. David Ramsay : The advantages of American independence. Patrick Henry : On the Federal constitution. Edmund Randolph : On the Federal constitution. James Madison : On the expediency of adopting the Federal constitution; Power to lay taxes. Alexander Hamilton : On the compromises of the Constitution; On the Senate of the United States; On section VIII of the Constitution. FIsher Ames : On biennial elections. Notes

v. 2. Democracy and nationality. George Washington : Farewell address. John Randolph : On the militia bill. Henry Clay : On the war of 1812. Daniel Webster : The reply to Hayne

v. 3. Slavery. William Pinckney : On the Missouri question. Wendell Phillipps : On the philosophy of the abolition question. Stephen A. Douglas : On the Kansas-Nebraska bill. Charles Sumner : The crime against Kansas.

Notes:

--v. 4. Secession, war, reconstruction. John Parker Hale: On secession. Benjamin Franklin Wade: On secession. Robert Tooms: On secession. Samuel Sullivan Cox: On secession. Abraham Lincoln: On the declaration of independence. John Cabell Breckenridge & Edwin Dickinson Baker: Suppression of the insurrection. Henry Ward Beecher: Speech at Liverpool. Abraham Lincoln Gettysburg address. George Hunt Pendleton: On reconstruction. Thaddeus Stevens: On reconstruction.