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AN IMPORTANT DRED SCOTT PAMPHLET (DRED SCOTT.) (Douglas, Stephen.) Remarks of the Hon. Stephen A. Douglas on Kansas, Utah and the Dred Scott Decision, Delivered at Springfield, Illinois, June 12, 1857. 15 pages. 8vo, original self-wrappers, large, untrimmed copy; paper evenly toned. Chicago: Daily Times, 1857
first edition. "Douglas was invited to address the federal grand jury on the state of the nation. This speech was the first public expression of his views on the Dred Scott decision. In it, he accepted the decision and insisted that "the whole principle of Popular Sovereignty and self-government is sustained and firmly established by the authority of this decision." Byrd. Chicago Ante-Fire Imprints, 250.
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