CENTENNIAL ADDRESS: DELIVERED BY HON. JAMES S. ROLLINS, OF COLUMBIA, MO., ON THE EVENING OF MARCH 14, 1876, AT THE COURT HOUSE IN MEXICO, MISSOURI, BEFORE THE CONTINENTAL CONGRESS ASSEMBLED TO RE-ENACT THE DECLARATION OF AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE. DELIVERED BY SPECIAL REQUEST

Rollins, James S.

Published by Statesman Book and Job Printing Establishment, Columbia, Mo., 1876

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11, [1 blank] pp. Disbound roughly, but no text affected. The Address is printed in two columns per page. Good plus. Rollins was a Missouri Whig who became a Republican; a "major slaveowner" as Wikipedia calls him; and a supporter of the 13th Amendment abolishing slavery, after having first opposed the Amendment. Thus, a not unusual Border State politician. Here he celebrates the American Founding, the indissoluble nature of the Union, the Constitution, its carefully imposed limitations on majority rule, its protections for differing opinions and minority rights, the subordination of the military to civilian power, universal education, the Nation's elevation of women "to her true dignity as a human being." OCLC lists four locations under three accession numbers as of October 2025 [AAS, Huntington, Primary Source Media, BYU].

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• Title: CENTENNIAL ADDRESS: DELIVERED BY HON. JAMES S. ROLLINS, OF COLUMBIA, MO., ON THE EVENING OF MARCH 14, 1876, AT THE COURT HOUSE IN MEXICO, MISSOURI, BEFORE THE CONTINENTAL CONGRESS ASSEMBLED TO RE-ENACT THE DECLARATION OF AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE. DELIVERED BY SPECIAL REQUEST
• Publisher: Statesman Book and Job Printing Establishment, Columbia, Mo.
• Publication Date: 1876
• Seller catalogs:
  • POLITICAL
  • LAW
  • MISSOURI
  • JULY 4
  • AMERICANA