Gilmer, John A.:

STATE OF THE UNION. SPEECH OF HON. JOHN A. GILMER, OF NORTH CAROLINA, DELIVERED IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, JANUARY 26, 1861.

[Washington: H. Polkinhorn, Printer, 1861]. 8pp. Caption title, as issued. A single uncut folio sheet, lightly toned. Very Good.

Gilmer denounces the North's "cold, icy, stoical, indifference to the raging storm in the southern States." He also denounces those who have been "conspiring for disunion." He urges adoption of the Crittenden Compromise. He warns that civil war will result in "butchery and destruction." During the War he served in the Confederate Congress.
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