Feb 25, 2010 - Sale 2204

Sale 2204 - Lot 13

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(SLAVERY AND ABOLITION.) JACK, C.J., ESQ. "Influence of Slavery on the Constitution and Union. Original manuscript for A Political Lecture. 25 folio pages, written in a neat cursive hand on leaves, on rectos only; some chipping to the edges, with the exceptin of the first page, not affecting the text. The manuscript ends in what is the middle of page 16 of the published speech, approximately one full page before the end. Several clippings from early (contemporary) newspapers have been affixed to the manuscript. Copious ink corrections throughout the text. [Brooklyn, 1860
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A speech by C. J. Jack, referred to in contemporary newspapers as "colonel" c. j. Jack. An anti-slavery speech, but from a pragmatic and constitutional point of view. While stating emphatically that he is no abolitionist, Jack emphasizes the importance of preserving the Union. In fact this speech contains none of the rhetoric usual found in the anti-slavery arguments. A North Carolinian, Jack was addressing a New York audience, many of whom might well have been involved in the cotton exchange. The last thing these men wanted was a war with the South. Sabin 35336, listing the published version of this and several other speeches by Jack.