Fort Hill Address
Source: John Caldwell Calhoun, The Works of John C. Calhoun: Reports and Public Letters, ed. Richard K. Crallé (New York: D. Appleton, 1856), 60–62, 65–69, 73–74, 75–76, https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Works_of_John_C_Calhoun_Reports_and/I2njyLyfTK4C?hl=en&gbpv=0. … The […]
Opinion on the Constitutionality of the Bill for Establishing a National Bank
Source: “Opinion on the Constitutionality of the Bill for Establishing a National Bank, 15 February 1791,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/01-19-02-0051. … I consider the foundation of the Constitution as […]
Remarks at Virginia Ratifying Convention
Source: Patrick Henry, Remarks at Virginia Ratifying Convention, June 5, 1788, https://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/hlaw:@field(DOCID+@lit(ed0038)). Mr. Chairman, I am much obliged to the very worthy gentleman for his encomium. I wish I was […]
Speech on the Minority Report at the Democratic National Convention
http://www2.mnhs.org/library/findaids/00442/pdfa/00442-00187.pdf Mr. Chairman, fellow Democrats, fellow Americans: I realize that in speaking in behalf of the minority report on civil rights as presented by Congressman Biemiller of Wisconsin, that I […]
What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?
Source: Frederick Douglass: Selected Speeches and Writings, ed. Philip S. Foner (Chicago: Lawrence Hill, 1999), 188–206, http://rbscp.lib.rochester.edu/2945. My subject, then, fellow citizens, is American slavery. I shall see this day […]
What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?
Source: Frederick Douglass: Selected Speeches and Writings, ed. Philip S. Foner (Chicago: Lawrence Hill, 1999), 188–206. http://rbscp.lib.rochester.edu/2945 My subject, then fellow-citizens, is American slavery. I shall see this day, and […]
What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?
Source: Frederick Douglass: Selected Speeches and Writings, ed. Philip S. Foner (Chicago: Lawrence Hill, 1999), 188-206. http://rbscp.lib.rochester.edu/2945 My subject, then, fellow-citizens, is American slavery. I shall see, this day, and […]
State of the Union Address (1949)
Harry S. Truman, “Annual Message to the Congress on the State of the Union,” in Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Harry S. Truman, 1949, The Harry […]
State of the Union Address (1948)
Harry S. Truman, “Annual Message to the Congress on the State of the Union,” in Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Harry S. Truman, 1948, The Harry […]
State of the Union Address (1947)
Harry S. Truman, “Annual Message to the Congress on the State of the Union,” in Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Harry S. Truman, 1947, The Harry […]