Alfred H. Stone Collection
Volume: 43

14. [Stephen A.] Douglas, Speech of Mr. Douglas, of Illinois, in Reply to Mr. Soulé, Relative to the Public Lands in California. Delivered in the Senate of the United States, June 26th and 28th, 1850 (Washington, DC: Congressional Globe Office, 1850). (14 p.)

Speech in regard to the question of whether public lands in California would revert from federal to state control with the admission of California as a state.