Project Gutenberg 2011-03-23 Public domain in the USA. 74 Landrum, John M. (John Morgan) 1815 1861 46036854 The Slavery Question Speech of Hon. John M. Landrum, of La., Delivered in the House of Representatives, April 27, 1860 Produced by Bryan Ness and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive.) "The Slavery Question" by John M. Landrum is a political speech delivered in the House of Representatives in the early 1860s, likely during the period leading up to the Civil War. This book is a historical account that explores the contentious issue of slavery in the United States and articulates the author's defense of the Democratic party's stance on the matter. Primarily, the work scrutinizes the tensions between pro-slavery and anti-slavery factions within the context of the emerging sectional conflicts of the time. In his speech, Landrum defends the Democratic party against accusations of being responsible for the discord concerning slavery. He argues that the founders of the Republic made compromises regarding slavery to form a united government and that these historical precedents should guide current legislative actions. Landrum contends that the Republican party, with its anti-slavery agenda, is the true source of agitation, having shifted the narrative toward a moral condemnation of slavery. He emphasizes that the Constitution does not prohibit slavery in the territories and highlights historical examples where slavery was accepted and regulated within the framework of the early American government. Throughout his argument, Landrum seeks to portray the Southern perspective as a principled stand for the rights guaranteed by the Constitution and the legacy of the Founding Fathers. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Slavery -- United States -- Speeches in Congress E300 Text Browsing: History - American Browsing: Politics 72590 72599 2024-09-15T06:39:09.811562 2023-09-15T12:08:17.575843 text/html text/html 69243 2021-01-07T15:41:13 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 24351 2021-01-07T15:41:13 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 77808 2024-09-15T06:39:12.946541 application/epub+zip 76720 2024-09-15T06:39:10.933560 application/epub+zip 76720 2024-09-15T06:39:10.213556 application/epub+zip 175226 2024-09-15T06:39:14.436546 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 168150 2024-09-15T06:39:12.366576 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 91980 2022-09-16T10:24:10.148131 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 66202 66013 2024-09-15T06:39:09.624566 2023-09-15T12:08:17.402850 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 66186 2021-01-07T15:41:13 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 23482 2021-01-07T15:41:13 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 66185 2021-01-07T15:41:13 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 23462 2021-01-07T15:41:13 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 19836 2024-09-15T06:39:14.565538 application/rdf+xml 14673 2024-09-15T06:39:10.554591 image/jpeg 3732 2024-09-15T06:39:10.381559 image/jpeg 79409 2024-09-15T06:39:09.818560 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog