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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC05116.18 |
| From Archive Folder | Pamphlets related to the extension of slavery and the Kansas-Nebraska dispute [Decimalized .01-.20] |
| Title | Speech of Hon. Russell Sage, of New-York, on the profession and acts of the President of the United States; the repeal of the Missouri Compromise... |
| Date | 6 August 1856 |
| Author | Sage, Russell (1816-1906) |
| Document Type | Pamphlet |
| Content Description | (title continues)... the outrages in Kansas; and the sectional influence and aggressions of the slave power. Delivered in the House of Representatives; published by Weed, Parsons & Co. in Albany, New York. Representative Sage quotes Henry Clay: " '...I never could vote for it myself; and I repeat, that I never can and never will vote, and no earthly power ever will make me vote, to spread slavery over territory where it does not exist.' With this declaration of Mr. Clay I take my stand." Proposes the admission of Kansas into the Union as a free state. Eighteen pages of text followed by one page of advertisements. |
| Subjects | Congress Politics Abolition Slavery African American History Westward Expansion Missouri Compromise Statehood Bleeding Kansas Government and Civics |
| People | Sage, Russell (1816-1906) Clay, Henry (1777-1852) |
| Place written | Washington, D.C. |
| Theme | African Americans; Slavery & Abolition; Law; Government & Politics; 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 |
| Related documents | The border ruffian code in Kansas. |