Speech of Hon. Daniel Webster, on Mr. Clay's Resolution, in the Senate of the United States, March 7, 1850. Vera pro Gratis.
Washington, (DC): Printed by Gideon and Co., 1850. First edition. 8vo. 64 pp. Bound with 11 other pamphlets. Somewhat later brown three-quarter law sheep (very rubbed, spine ends chipped) and marbled boards; joints and hinges repaired. Some of the pamphlets trimmed in binding, the Webster pamphlet very good, with the printed front wrapper bound in. Item #50780
First edition. Inscribed at the head of the front wrapper "Honble Moor Russell, Plymouth, / N. Hamp. / with the regards of / Daniel Webster." "[Webster] rose to beat down the Northern and the Southern follies, now raging in equal extremes … in a well considered speech he declared himself for Clay's compromise measures and poured oil on troubled waters … slavery was an evil but not so great an evil as disunion. There could be no peaceful secession, he informed the South. On the other hand, he condemned the unnecessary severity of the anti-slavery forces and admitted that Northerners had not lived up to their obligations to return fugitive slaves … to the conservative element of the country, Webster's performance seemed "Godlike"; but the anti-slavery men, including those of his own party, could see him only as a fallen star" (DAB). The other pamphlets include Elliott's Industrial Resources of Western Kansas and Eastern Colorado (St. Louis, 1871; lacks outer wrappers), but are otherwise rather uninteresting; a list of the titles will be sent upon request.
Price: $2,250.00