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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC00267.383 |
| From Archive Folder | Documents Relating to 1856 |
| Title | Speech of Hon. Alexander H. Stephens, of Georgia, on the report of the Kansas investigating committee, in the case of Reeder against Whitfield |
| Date | 31 July 1856 |
| Author | Stephens, Alexander Hamilton (1812-1883) |
| Document Type | Pamphlet |
| Content Description | "If Whitfield is to be ousted because he was not elected in pursuance of any valid law, upon what principle can Reeder be put in by this House, when in his case there was neither law nor votes... It is the principle of all tyrannies, and the beginning of all usurpations; but I will not permit myself to believe that this House will commit such an outrage." |
| Subjects | Law Congress Election Politics Bleeding Kansas Government and Civics Congress Slavery African American History |
| People | Stephens, Alexander Hamilton (1812-1883) Reeder, Andrew Horatio (1807-1864) Whitfield, John W. (fl. 1856) |
| Place written | Washington, D.C. |
| Theme | Government & Politics; Slavery & Abolition; African Americans; Law; Westward Expansion |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859 |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |