ADDRESS TO THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES, PREPARED BY JOHN M. BERRIEN, AND REPORTED BY THE COMMITTEE OF FIFTEEN AS A SUBSTITUTE FOR THE ADDRESS REPORTED BY J.C. CALHOUN.
[Washington: 1849]. 8pp, folded folio sheet, untrimmed and uncut. Caption title [as issued]. Near Fine. Berrien of Georgia issues a dramatic, taut, and well-reasoned statement of the Southern position at the height of the dispute over slavery in the Mexican Cession. The Founding Fathers deemed "slavery as an elementary principle..... More