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Calhoun, John C. (John Caldwell), 1782-1850 Address of the Hon. John C. Calhoun, in the Senate of the United States, on the subject of slavery.

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00267.376 Author/Creator: Calhoun, John C. (John Caldwell), 1782-1850 Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Pamphlet Date: 1850 Pagination: 1 v. : 12 p. : Height: 21.8 cm, Width: 14 cm Order a Copy

Title page missing. Appears to have been removed from a larger volume. Calhoun's speech was read for him by James Mason, 4 March 1850. Argues that the power of legislating over California "is vested in Congress, and not, as is assumed, in the inhabitants of the territories."

Calhoun, John Caldwell, 1782-1850
Mason, J. M. (James Murray), 1798-1871

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