Political
“The Admission of Kansas, Speech of William H. Seward”
1860-Dated, “The Admission of Kansas, Speech of William H. Seward,” Printed by The New York Tribune, Tribune Tracts. - No. 3, Choice Extremely Fine.
This original imprint measures 9” x 5.75” is 16 pages, disbound, evenly toned, very sharp printing. Delivered in the Senate on February 29, 1860, Seward offers heartfelt opinions on the longstanding, rancorous debate over admitting Kansas as a free state. A historically significant address, which recounts the conflict over admitting new free or slave states to Union. He even details the exploits of John Brown, but by 1860, his appeals for maintaining the Union were to no avail, in part:

“I remain now in the opinion I have uniformly expressed here and elsewhere, that these hasty threats of disunion are so unnatural that they will find no hand to execute them. We are of one race, one language, liberty, and faith; engaged, indeed, in varied industry; but even that industry, so diversified, brings us into more intimate relations with each other than any other people, however homogeneous, and though living under a consolidated Government, ever maintained.”