- Jefferson Davis's speech on slavery in the Territories. (Feb. 13 & 14, 1850.)
- John C. Calhoun's
final speech to the Senate. (March 4, 1850)
- Daniel Webster on
the Compromise of 1850 (March 7, 1850)
- Charles Sumner's
"Crime Against Kansas" Speech. (May 19--20, 1856)
- Congressman Anson Burlingame's "Defence of
Massachusetts" (June 21, 1856)
- Sen. James Henry Hammond's "Cotton is king"
speech to the Senate. (March 4, 1858)
- William H. Seward's speech, "On the State of the Country," Feb. 29, 1860.
- Extract from President
James Buchanan's Fourth Annual Message to Congress. (Dec. 3, 1860)
- Albert Gallatin
Brown's Speech to the Senate, Dec. 12, 1860.
- Judah Benjamin's
speech to the Senate (12/31/60).
- Speech of
Congressman John Reagan, of Texas, on January 15, 1861.
- Farewell Speeches from Southern Senators:
- Robert Toombs, Jan. 7, 1861
- David Yulee and Stephen Mallory, Jan. 22, 1861
- C.C. Clay and Benjamin Fitzpatrick, Jan. 22, 1861
- Jefferson Davis, Jan. 22, 1861
- Alfred Iverson, Jan. 28, 1861
- John Slidell, Feb. 4, 1861
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