Speech of Mr. Slade, of Vermont, on the right of petition; the power of Congress to abolish slavery and the slave trade in the District of Columbia; the implied faith of the North and the South to each other in forming the Constitution; and the principles, purposes, and prospects of abolition. Delivered in the House of Representatives, on the 18th and 20th January, 1840
Slade, William, 1786-1859