Speech of Mr. D. Barton, of Missouri: Delivered in the Senate of the United States, Febraury 9th, 1830, in the Debate which Arose upon Mr. Foot's Resolution Relative to the Public Lands.
Washington: Published and Sold at the Office of the National Journal, Peter Force, Printer, 1830. Second Edition [so stated on title page]. Paperback. 36p. bound together by small center stitching along left side. No separate wrapper. 25 cm. Mostly modest browning and spotting on on some pages as well as some minor foxing and soiling. Light waterstaining along top portion of outer edge of last two leaves. Vertical inked signature ("C. Lenox Remond") along right side of title-page. Remond, freeborn in Massachusetts, was the most famous African American speaker in favor of the abolition of slavery until he was overshadowed by the talent and magnetism of Frederick Douglass who began speaking in public in 1840. Remond did remain an important abolitionist speaker. Charles and his sister Sarah were both used as speakers by the American Anti-Slavery Society in the later 1850s. As for this speech, the exact issues seem require more specific knowledge than we have. It does seem clear that Barton was a conservative and anti-slavery and a supporter of John Quincy Adams while opposed to Andrew Jackson's Presidential use of federal power on behalf of average white Americans rather than the wealthy white elite. This speech makes clear that Barton is antagonistic to Thomas Hart Benton, Missouri's other Senator and a Jackson supporter. Benton was then still more than a decade away from opposing slavery. We don't know why Remond's signature was on this speech. Perhaps Remond was hoping for a method of disposition of Western lands that fairly included African Americans. Very Good. Item #95675
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