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Showing posts with label Oregon Territory. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Oregon Territory. Show all posts
Thursday, August 1, 2024

Senator John C. Calhoun’s Speech on the Oregon Bill, June 27, 1848

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[Delivered in the United States Senate, June 27th, 1848.] THERE is a very striking difference between the position on which the slaveholdi...
Sunday, July 21, 2024

Senator John C. Calhoun to James Edward Calhoun, July 9, 1848

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Washington 9th July 1848 MY DEAR JAMES, . . . The Senate is engaged in a debate on the Oregon territorial bill. It has been very able and ...
Wednesday, April 17, 2024

Senator John C. Calhoun to Thomas Clemson, July 23, 1848

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Washington 23d July 1848 MY DEAR SIR, I received in the regular course of the Steamer yours of the 27th of June, and Anna's to her mot...

Senator John C. Calhoun to Thomas Clemson, August 11, 1848

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Washington 11th Augt. 1848 MY DEAR SIR, . . .Congress will adjourn on the 14th Inst, and I shall leave immediately after for home. Nothi...
Saturday, January 6, 2024

Jefferson Davis to the People of Mississippi, July 13, 1846

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(From Vicksburg Sentinel, July 21, 1846.) Fellow Citizens: I address you to explain the cause of my present absence from the seat of the f...
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