Humphrey Marshall and B.F. Hallett Speeches
These two speeches were given in Washington, D.C. upon the nomination of Breckingridge and Lane and were then published by the National Democratic Executive Committee. Marshall’s speech, after proclaiming his support for the nominees, gave a history of the split in the Democratic Party that was filled with warning and self-promotion. He supports the expansion of slavery and doesn’t believe the federal government of the Republicans can stop it. He closes by reiterating his support for the nominees even at the expense of his party. Hallett’s speech presents the northern vision for continued party union and explains that the Cincinnati platform does not exclude slavery but gives clear guidelines for establishing it in the territories, as well as supporting government non-intervention as all Democrats wanted. He closes with a plea to the delegates to keep the party together. Pages seven and eight of this pamphlet are tattered and somewhat difficult to read.
Dates
- 1859
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Abstract
These two speeches were given in Washington, D.C. upon the nomination of Breckingridge and Lane and were then published by the National Democratic Executive Committee. Marshall’s speech, after proclaiming his support for the nominees, gave a history of the split in the Democratic Party that was filled with warning and self-promotion. Hallett’s speech presents the northern vision for continued party union and begs the delegates to keep the party together.
Biographical/Historical Note
Humphrey Marshall was born on January 13, 1812, in Franklin County, Kentucky to John and Anna (Birney) Marshall. He graduated from West Point in 1832, but resigned his commission in 1833 and was admitted to the bar. He returned to serve as a colonel in the U.S. army during the Mexican-American War, and later as a general in the Confederate army during the Civil War. He represented Kentucky in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1849 to 1852, and again from 1855 to 1859, being interrupted by his role as minister to China from 1852 to 1855. He was a representative in the Confederate Congress from 1864 to 1865. After the war, he moved to New Orleans, Louisiana, obtained his government pardon on December 18, 1867, and died on March 28, 1872 in Louisville, Kentucky.
Benjamin Franklin Hallett was born on December 2, 1797, in Osterville, Massachusetts to Benjamin and Abigail (Lovell) Hallett. He graduated from Brown University in 1816 and served as U.S. Attorney for Massachusetts from 1853 to 1857. Hallett died on September 30, 1962.
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