Alexander H. Stephens in Public and Private: With Letters and Speeches Before, During, and Since the War

National Publishing Company, 1866 - Confederate States of America - 833 pages

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH	17

PICTURE OF LIBERTY HALL THE RESIDENCE OF ALEXANDER	23

Admission to the BarElection to the LegislatureElection	43

POSITION IN RELATION TO POLITICAL PARTIES	70

REVIEW OF SPEECHES AND LETTERS	83

PICTURE OF ALEXANDER H STEPHENS AS HE APPEARED DURING	102

RETIREMENT FROM CONGRESS	124

Speech before the legislature in oposition to secession November	149

Address before the Few and Phi Gamma societies of Emory Col	364

Speech on the bill to prevent frauds upon the Treasury of the United	376

Speech delivered in the House of Representatives December	416

Georgia and Ohio Again Speech in reply to Mr Campbell	432

Letter to Judge Thomas W Thomas on the subject of the Know	459

Speech at the City Hall Augusta Georgia announcing himself as	472

Debate with Mr Zollicoffer of Tennessee on the power of Congress	489

Speech delivered in the House March 11 1856 on the Kansas con	515

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REJOINDER OF HON ABRAHAM LINCOLN SPRINGFIELD ILLINOIS	155

VIEWS OF PUBLIC POLICY AND COURSE DURING	159

Cotton loanMartial lawConscriptionImpressments Habeas	170

NOTE FROM PRESIDENT LINCOLN TO MR STEPHENS CONCERNING	199

ARREST AND IMPRISONMENT	201

THE OLD HOMESTEAD BURIAL GROUND OF THE STEPHENS FAMILY	232

Speech on the right of members to their seats in the House of Rep	259

Speech on the joint resolution for the annexation of Texas deliv	280

Nebraska and Kansas speech House of Representatives Febru	301

Speech on the subject of the Mexican war delivered in the House	302

Speech on the Mexican appropriation or three million bill	320

Speech on the territorial bill Claytons compromise delivered in	334

Address before the Maryland Institute in Baltimore February	352

Speech on the bill to admit Kansas under the KansasTopeka consti	531

Speech on the Presidential election of 1856 the compromise of 1850	561

Speech on the admission of Minnesota and alien suffrage House	580

Letter on the subject of the Western and Atlantic Railroad written	605

Speech on the admission of Oregon House of Representatives Feb	621

Farewell speech on retiring from Congress delivered in Augusta Ga	637

Athens Georgia literary speech in August 1859	651

Letter to Dr Z P Landrum of Lexington Georgia July 1 1860	668

Celebrated speech delivered in opposition to secession before	694

Rules for the government of the Confederate Congress Montgomery	713

The Convention entered into between the State of Virginia and	745

Speech on the state of the Confederacy before the Georgia Legisla	761

Letter to Senator Herschel V Johnson of Georgia June 22 1864	790

Address before the Georgia Legislature on the Reconstruction of	804

Title	Alexander H. Stephens in Public and Private: With Letters and Speeches Before, During, and Since the War Alexander H. Stephens in Public and Private: With Letters and Speeches Before, During, and Since the War, Alexander Hamilton Stephens American culture series Library of American civilization
Author	Henry Cleveland
Publisher	National Publishing Company, 1866
Original from	the Bavarian State Library
Digitized	Feb 11, 2009
Length	833 pages

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