Congressional Speeches

This collection features speeches made on the floor of the United States House of Representatives and Senate by Vermont Congressmen. Topics covered include the environment, education, agriculture, World War II and selective service, the Mexican War, the tariff and international trade, slavery, the Civil War and Reconstruction. The speeches date from 1812 to the present and a wide variety of Congressmen are represented.

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Speech of Hon. E. P. Walton, of Vermont, on the bill for the admission of Representatives, March 31, 1858.
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    • Creator: Walton, Eliakim Persons, 1812-1890.
    • Date Created: 1858-03-31
    • Description: Cover title: Revolution in the law of the land.
    • Parent Collections: Congressional Speeches


    Remarks of Senator Morrill before the House Committee on Education respecting the land grant colleges, October 24, 1890.
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      • Creator: Morrill, Justin S. (Justin Smith), 1810-1898.
      • Date Created: 1890-10-24
      • Parent Collections: Congressional Speeches


      Defense of the clergy : speech of Hon. James Meacham, of Vermont, in the House of Representatives, May 17, 1854.
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        • Creator: Meacham, James, 1810-1856.
        • Date Created: 1854-05-17
        • Parent Collections: Congressional Speeches


        The tariff : Speech of Hon. Justin S. Morrill, Delivered in the Senate of the United States, December 8, 1881, on the bill appoint a tariff commission.
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          • Creator: Morrill, Justin S. (Justin Smith), 1810-1898.
          • Date Created: 1881-12-08
          • Parent Collections: Congressional Speeches


          A protective tariff or free trade : speech of Hon. Justin S. Morrill of Vermont, delivered in the Senate of the United States, May 9, 1870.
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            • Creator: Morrill, Justin S. (Justin Smith), 1810-1898.
            • Date Created: 1870-05-09
            • Parent Collections: Congressional Speeches


            Modern democracy : the extension of slavery in our own territory or by the acquisition of foreign territory wrong morally, politically, and economically / speech of Hon. Justin S. Morrill, of Vermont.
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              • Creator: Morrill, Justin S. (Justin Smith), 1810-1898.
              • Date Created: 1860-06-06
              • Parent Collections: Congressional Speeches


              Limitations of national policy : speech of Hon. Ralph E. Flanders of Vermont in the Senate of the United States August 11, 1949.
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                • Creator: Flanders, Ralph E. (Ralph Edward), 1880-1970.
                • Date Created: 1949-08-11
                • Parent Collections: Congressional Speeches



                The condition of Cuba. It is not peace, it is not war : speech of the Hon. Redfield Proctor in the Senate of the United States, Thursday, March 17, 1898.
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                  • Creator: Proctor, Redfield, 1831-1908.
                  • Date Created: 1898-03-17
                  • Parent Collections: Congressional Speeches