Speech of Hon. M.J. Crawford, of Georgia, on the Election of Speaker. Delivered in the House of Representatives, December 15, 1859.
[Washington, D.C.]: Printed by Lemuel Towers, 1859. 8 pp. 8vo. Disbound. First edition. Crawford (1820-1883), one of the Fire-Eaters, served as a U.S. Representative from Georgia from 1855 to 1861 and then in the Confederate Government. After threatening to hang a northern congressman should he speak his mind, he states..... More