The Constitution Upheld and Maintained

Speech of Hon. Jas. Harlen - A. Pro-Abraham Lincoln Speech given by Senator James Harlan for Abraham Lincoln's 1864 re-election Campaign. Rare.

Author: Hon. James Harlan
Dated: 1864
Pages: 8
Publisher: Union Congressional Committee
Size: 12mo
Binding: Pampet
Type: Americana
Subject: US Constitution and the Civil War
Provenance: Hill House

Notes & Literature: This speech was given on February 22, 1864, and it was in response to a speech by Sen. Benjamin Wade of Ohio, who had argued that the Constitution was no longer valid and that the government should be reorganized.
<br.In his speech, Harlan argued that the Constitution was still valid and that the government should be preserved. He also argued that the war was being fought to uphold the Constitution and that the people of the United States should not give up on it.

Condition Report: 8 pages disbound. Some staining at top. Complete

Subject References: United States Constitution