1836 South Carolina Representative Defends Slavery, Scolds Abolitionists

Manning, Richard Irvine. Speech of Mr. Manning, of South Carolina, on the Subject of the Reception of Abolition Memorials; House of Representatives, Feb. 23, 1836. Washington : Printed by Blair & Rives, 1836. First Edition. [10357] Removed, no wrapper, 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches, 11 pp., foxed. "IX" in brown ink on front top corner. Good. Pamphlet. In February, 1836, the US House of Representatives passed, with an overwhelming majority, a resolution to send to a Select Committee all petitions for the abolition of slavery in Washington, DC, and in any State in the Union. The Select Committee was instructed to squash such petitions and not allow them to come to a floor vote. The Congress, in doing this, sought to disallow the discussion of and voting upon, abolitionist measures. The Speaker of the House, Jonathan Cilley of Maine, declared the resolution invalid. (In 1838 Cilley was killed in a duel with Congressman William J Graves of Kentucky). This declaration caused a great debate in Co