- Jefferson Davis's speech on slavery in the Territories.
- John C. Calhoun's
final speech to the Senate
- Charles Sumner's
"Crime Against Kansas" Speech
- Congressman Anson Burlingame's "Defence of
Massachusetts"
- Speech of
Congressman John Reagan, of Texas, on January 15, 1861
- Extract from President
James Buchanan's Fourth Annual Message to Congress
- William H. Seward's speech, "On the State of the Country," Feb. 29, 1860
- Albert Gallatin
Brown's Speech to the Senate, Dec. 12, 1860
- Judah Benjamin's
speech to the Senate (12/31/60)
- Daniel Webster on
the Compromise of 1850
- Sen. James Henry Hammond's "Cotton is king"
speech to the Senate
- Farewell Speeches from Southern Senators:
- Robert Toombs, Jan. 7, 1861
- David Yulee and Stephen Mallory, Jan. 22, 1861
- C.C. Clay and Benjamin Fitzpatrick, Jan. 22, 1861
- Jefferson Davis, Jan. 22, 1861
- Alfred Iverson, Jan. 28, 1861
- John Slidell, Feb. 4, 1861
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