Washington [D.C.]: Printed by Jno. T. Towers, 1852. 32 pp. 8vo. Disbound. First edition. Douglas was the architect of the Compromise of 1850. His Speech on the "Measures of Adjustment," was given in Chicago which was in the midst of refuting the Fugitive Slave Law. Signed George Henry Busby, an..... More

[Washington, D.C.]: Gideon & Co., Printers, [1850]. 16 pp. 8vo. Stitched paper wrappers. Later printing. A defense of the Fugitive Slave Law. This edition mostly likely published a year early than the 32 page version, later (?) than the Chicago printing. OCLC shows only 7 copies under two accession numbers..... More

Washington [D.C.]: Printed by John T. Towers, 1850. 31 pp. 8vo. Removed. First edition. Douglas answers the famous speech of Webster and Calhoun, pointing out that the Wilmot Proviso was an unconstitutional engraftment on a revenue bill supporting the Treaty with Mexico, not a territorial proviso such as the Northwest..... More