Item #36033 Speech of Senator S. A. Douglas, on the Invasion of States; and his reply to Mr. Fessenden. Delivered in the Senate of the United States, January 23, 1860. Stephen A. Douglas.

Speech of Senator S. A. Douglas, on the Invasion of States; and his reply to Mr. Fessenden. Delivered in the Senate of the United States, January 23, 1860.

[Washington, D.C.]: Printed by Lemuel Towers, 1860. 15 pp. 8vo. Paper wrappers. First edition. A very good unopened (uncut) copy with light foxing on the first leaf. LCP. Afro-Americana 3221. Item #36033

Douglas blames the Harper's Ferry incident on "...the doctrines, and teachings of the Republican Party, as explained and enforced in their platform, their partisan presses, their pamphlets and books, and especially in the speeches of their leaders in and out of Congress."

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