Speech of Mr. Gayle, of Alabama, on the bill to establish a territorial government in Oregon. Delivered in the House of Representatives of United States, March 28, 1848.
Washington [D.C.]: J. & G.S. Gideon, printers, 1848. 14 pp. 8vo. Removed. First edition. Against Oregon admittance over the slavery issue: "The position I shall assume and attempt to maintain is, that Congress has no power to organize what is called a territorial government, by ordinance or otherwise; nor has..... More