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Speech of Gov. Seward in Senate 1758 on slavery policy
Governing on the Kansas dispute, Seward argues to reverse federal intervention for slavery, restore popular sovereignty, resist Dred Scott implications, and urge admission of Kansas as a Free State. He warns of civil war, defends free labor, and cites international and historical precedents.
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