Speech of Mr. Sprague of Maine: Delivered in the Senate of the United States, 16th April, 1830, In Reply To Messrs. White, McKinley, and Forsyth, Upon the Subject of The Removal of the Indians
Washington DC: Published at the Office of the National Journal. Peter Force, Print. 1830.
First Edition. Wraps. Wraps. Approx. 10" x 6". [2], 36 pages, [2]. Later plain brown paper covers. Two later blank end sheets added in front and in back (the rear end sheet is an actual letterhead with "Royaume De Belgique Mission Economique Belge Aux Etats-Unis printed). Some toning and foxing to the text. Good. Item #18675
During his time in the Senate, Sprague became a prominent campaigner against President Andrew Jackson's controversial policy of Indian removal, whereby Indians in the Southern states were to be forcibly relocated to West of the Mississippi River. Sprague argued that the policy was corrupt as it largely relied on bribes for support, and he also attacked the plan for its immorality and lack of humanity, claiming that the Indians would receive no assistance in starting new lives in an alien environment. Georgia and the Conversation over Indian Removal. Michael Morris, GHQ, Winter 2007).
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