Author: BADGER, George E.
Title: Speech of Mr. Badger, of North Carolina, on the Ten Regiment Bill. Delivered in the Senate of the United States, Jan. 18, 1848
Description: Washington, DC, J. & G.S. Gideon, 1848. Paperback. 8vo. Wrappers. 20pp. Good plus. The noted jurist and past secretary of the navy condemns a "bill to raise, for a limited time, an additional military force" for use in the Mexican War," arguing forcibly that "the war in which we are now engaged with Mexico was the immediate result of the unlawful and unconstitutional act of the President of the United States." First edition. SABIN 2697 note. .

Keywords: MEXICAN WAR Military History


See more books from our catalog: Books