first edition Wraps
1830 · Washington DC
by Hayne, Robert (Senator of South Carolina)
Washington DC: Printed by Gales & Seaton, 1830. First Edition. Wraps. Good. Approx. 8" x 6" disbound wraps. 3 small stab holes on left margin. Spine has an old tissue tape repair. Uneven folds and cuts to the pages. Light toning to contents. Hayne's reply to one of Webster's greatest speech regarding a resolution put forth by Connecticut Senator Foot restricting land sales in the west. The debate between Hayne and Webster also focused on the institution of slavery and the issue of State's rights. Webster's great speech attacking the institution of slavery angered the south. Hayne replied on January 27th, "Sir, the gentleman charges me with having unnecessarily introduced the slave question; with what justice, let those determine who heard that gentleman pointing out the superiority of Ohio over Kentucky, and attributing it to that happy stroke of New England policy, by which slavery was forever excluded North of the Ohio river. Sir, I was wholly at a loss to conceive why the topic had been introduced here at all, until the gentleman followed it up, by an attack upon the principles and the policy of the South. When that was done, the object was apparent, and it became my duty to take up the gauntlet which the gentleman had thrown down, and to come out, without reserve, in defence of our institutions, and our principles.
(Inventory #: 11690)