Alfred H. Stone Collection
Volume: 56

23. John Hickman, Who Have Violated Compromises. Speech of Hon. John Hickman, of Pennsylvania. Delivered in the House of Representatives, December 12, 1859 (Washington, DC: Buell & Blanchard, 1859). (8 p.)

Speech by a member of Congress in which he defends his objection to the extension of slavery into the western territories.