Smart Ephraim (6 results)

Wraps. Condition: Fair. 16 pp. Light extraction roughness at spine and scattered foxing. Maine Congressman Ephraim K. Smart gives an impassioned speech, accompanied by numerous statistical data, defending the Northern States against accusations of aggression against the Southern States in regards to slavery and the sectionalism resulting thereof. Extract: I have obtained the floor for the purpose of defending the North against certain charges of aggression, recently made by gentlemen in both wings of the Capitol. Sir, I dislike to speak at any time of sections of the Union, by way of contrast or comparison, but I believe an intelligent understanding of the relations which have hitherto existed between the North and the South, will, at the present time, have a tendency to insure justice and cement the union of our country. I am, sir, a Northern Representative; but " I ask nothing that is not clearly right," and, as a Northern man, I will "submit to nothing that is wrong." What, sir, is the best method of preserving the Union, so far as the action of the North is concerned? It is to insist on our rights, and with equal alacrity to concede, at once, all that belongs to our Southern friends. This I intend to do.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 16 page (double columns) speech. Covers string tied from the back of the spine to brown paper covers. SOme light foxing here and there but not much.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Original publisher's beige paper wrappers. Text printed in black ink. 5 3/4" x 9." Eight pages, complete. Pages are clean and intact except for light age toning, small occasional spots of foxing or discoloration, a few faint dampstains limited to edges and spine, and slight chipping and splitting along spine. A Very Good copy. A speech that was originally delivered before the United States House of Representatives on March 28, 1848 by Ephraim Knight Smart (1813-1872), an American lawyer and politician. He served as a U.S. Representative from Maine from 1847-1849 and 1851-1853. He was a Democrat. In this speech, Smart voices his support for legislation that will restrict or ban slavery in free territories. Smart states that he views himself as a representative of the people of Maine, thus he will act according to their beliefs about free and slave states. Smart reads "virtual instructions" from the Maine legislature to its delegation in Congress in which the people of Maine declared their pointed opposition to the expansion of slavery. Smart briefly discusses the Mexican-American War, the annexation of Texas, and the recent acquisitions of California and New Mexico. He disputes claims made by slaveholders that newly acquired territories resulting from the Mexican-American War are free and open to pro-slavery policies. He contends that if slavery were to be permitted in these new territories, it would only benefit slaveholders. In addition, he argues that if abolition were to prevail in these territories, it would benefit both abolitionists and slaveholders. Smart also contends that the spread of slavery must be culled as it has already reached into the North beyond the parallel laid out by the Missouri Compromise. One of his last arguments in favor of banning slavery in new U.S. territories is that slavery threatens the economy made by free laborers. Smart notes that most of the European immigrants who came to the U.S. recently have settled in free states. He contends that slavery drives away free laborers and thus ruins their employment and economic opportunities.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 24 pages. 9.00x6.25x0.05 inches. This item is printed on demand.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Introduction by Rev. Joseph A. Warne. Essay by James Macknight. Three sermons by Philip Doddridge. Concordance by Rev. J. Brown. Large octavo. Approximately 1,300 pages. Text printed in two columns with notes in between. Full contemporary calf, both boards with a simple gilt border, gilt decoration along the spine creating three compartments with trapezoidal negative spaces in which are repeated gilt lozenge devices, save for the middle compartment which has "Polyglott Bible" in gilt, modest gilt ornamentation along the corners of the fore edges of both boards, page edges lightly marbled, and marbled endpapers. Owner name of Jonathan Thayer on the first front flyleaf. Boards worn, corners and spine ends bumped, and scattered foxing throughout, still very good with the hinges sound and the gilt along the spine remaining bright. Contains the family record of Elijah Thayer and Sarah Robinson who were married in 1768. Together they had 12 children, one of whom was Jonathan, born January 2, 1779. A note at the bottom of the first family records page states that they were all born in Milford, Massachusetts. This means they are likely part of the same Thayer clan of "Boston Brahmin" notoriety. Jonathan's daughter, whom he named after his mother, married Ephraim K. Smart, who was born in Massachusetts but became a representative of Maine in Congress. Laid in is a torn piece of paper with barely intelligible writing recording family deaths. A nice example of an early 19th century binding with an intriguing family history deserving of further study.

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