SPEECH DELIVERED BY ... AT NIBLOS SALOON, IN NEW-YORK,; on the 15th March, 1837

NY: Harper, 1837. First edition, first issue. 8vo, pp. 35. Printed wraps, little soiled and some little wear to the wrapper. An early Webster piece. The first of Sabin's three copies listed for 1837. Sabin 102304. American lawyer and statesman, born in Salisbury, NH, Webster (1782-1852) was a member of the US House representing NH (1813-1817)and MA (1823-27). He gained fame as an orator in the US Senate (1827-41) and was later secretary of State (1841-43) where he negotiated the Webster-Asburton treaty in 1842. He was relected to the Senate in 1845 where he took stands against the annexation of Texas and supported compromise measures on slavery advanced by Henry Clay in 1850. The present work on the division in the ranks in the Democtaic party is a fine example of his vaunted patriotism.