SPEECH OF MR. CALHOUN, OF SOUTH CAROLINA, ON HIS RESOLUTION IN REFERENCE TO THE WAR WITH MEXICO.

Washington: John T. Towers. 1848. 16pp. Soft cover. Self-wrappers. Embossed library stamp at top right corner. Hand-stamp discard stamp at top left corner. Ragged edges, typical of the period. "I then opposed the war, not only because it might have been easily avoided; not only because the President had no authority to order a part of the disputed territory in possession of the Mexicans to be occupied by our troops; not only because I believed the allegations upon which Congress sanctioned the war untrue, but from high considerations of policy; because I believed it would lead to many and serious evils to the country, and greatly endanger its free institutions". S017.