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Pamphlet, “Speech of Senator Douglas. at A Public Dinner ...November 9, 1854” Washingto, 14pp. This speech by Senator Douglas, delivered at a public dinner in 1854, is a defense of his position on the Kansas-Nebraska Act. He argues that the act allows the people of Kansas and Nebraska to decide the issue of slavery for themselves, in accordance with the principle of popular sovereignty. He also defends the act against charges of violating the Missouri Compromise, arguing that the compromise was superseded by the Compromise of 1850. Douglas further contends that the act will promote the development of the territories and the expansion of the United States.
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