Remarks of Mr. Webster on the following resolution, moved by Mr. Clay, as a substitute for the 5th of Mr. Calhoun's resolutions viz: "Resolved, that the interference, by the citizens of any of the states, with the view to the abolition of slavery in the District : and that any act or measure of Congress, designed to abolish slavery in this District, would be a violation of the faith implied in the cessions by the states of Virginia and Maryland : a just cause of alarm to the people of the slave-holding states, and have a direct and inevitable tendency to disturb and endanger the Union.".

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Webster, Daniel, 1782-1852.

Series:

Slavery and anti-slavery: a transnational archive: Part I: Debates over slavery and abolition.

Slavery and anti-slavery: a transnational archive: Part I: Debates over slavery and abolition

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Slavery--Washington (D.C.).

Slavery.

Slavery--United States--Speeches in Congress--1838.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (8 p. )

Other Title:

Remarks of Mr. Webster on the following resolution, moved by Mr. Clay, as a substitute for the 5th of Mr. Calhoun's resolutions

Notes:

At head of title: <In Senate of the United States, Wednesday, January 10, 1838>.

Caption title.

Reproduction of the original from the Library of Congress. Reproduced courtesy of World Microfilms Publications.

OCLC:

607374045