RELATIONS OF STATES. SPEECH OF THE HON. JAMES CHESNUT, JR. OF SOUTH CAROLINA, DELIVERED IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES, APRIL 9, 1860, ON THE RESOLUTIONS SUBMITTED BY THE HON. JEFFERSON DAVIS, OF MISS. ON 1ST OF MARCH, 1860.
Baltimore: John Murphy, 1860. 24pp, disbound. Very Good. In a deliberate scheme to bar Northern Democrats like Stephen Douglas from the Party's 1860 nomination, Jefferson Davis proposed Slave Code Resolutions which would prohibit, not merely Congress, but a territorial legislature as well, from restricting slavery; and require Congress to protect..... More