WEBSTER'S SPEECH. A DEFENCE OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION, AND OF THE RELIGIOUS INSTRUCTION OF THE YOUNG. DELIVERED IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES, FEBRUARY 10, 1844. IN THE CASE OF STEPHEN GIRARD'S WILL. SECOND EDITION.
New York: 1844. 76pp, disbound and partly loosened. Tanned, light scattered foxing. Good+. Girard's will, probated in Philadelphia, set up a school for orphans. There were two problems with this laudable charitable impulse. First, only white males were eligible for admission. Second, clergy were barred from entering the College's gates--..... More