Speech of Mr. Benton, of Missouri, in Reply to Mr. Webster: The Resolution offered by Mr. Foot, Relative to the Public Lands, Being Under Consideration. Delivered in the Senate, Session 1829-30

Washington DC: Gales & Seaton, 1830. First Edition. 12mo (18cm.); removed; 74pp. Light foxing and toning to textblock, some brief dog-earing, else Very Good and sound. Speech delivered by long-time Senator from Missouri Thomas Hart Benton (1782-1858) criticizing Daniel Webster's orations while debating South Carolina Senator Robert Y. Hayne over the "Foot Resolution" introduced by Samuel A. Foot to limit the surveying and sale of public lands until land already on the market had been sold. "To defeat the Foot resolution, [Benton] attacked the Webster speech in words he afterward regretted" (DAB). Indeed, Webster's off-the-cuff speeche delivered at the occasion is today considered one of the greatest delivered in Congress. AMERICAN IMPRINTS 450.