Alfred H. Stone Collection
Volume: 15

3. Garrett Davis, “The War: Not for Emancipation or Confiscation. A Speech by Hon. Garrett Davis, of Kentucky, Delivered in the U. S. Senate, January 23, 1862,” in The Pulpit and Rostrum. Sermons, Orations, Popular Lectures, &c. (New York: E. D. Barker, 1862), 55-65.

Speech urging a more vigorous prosecution of the war, regardless of whether those who prosecute it favor emancipation of the slaves or confiscation of property belonging to persons aiding the rebellion.