SPEECHES

OF

ANDREW JOHNSON,

PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.

WITH

A BIOGRAPHICAL INTRODUCTION

BY FRANK MOORE.

BOSTON:

LITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY.

HARVARD COLLEGE LIBRARY
GIFT OF

ALBERT BUSHNELL HART W

111922

May

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1865, by
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CONTENTS.

BIOGRAPHICAL INTRODUCTION

SPEECH TO THE COLORED MEN OF NASHVILLE,

TENN.

SPEECH AT WASHINGTON, April 3, 1865

SPEECH AT HIS INAUGURATION AS PRESIDENT,

April 15, 1865

ON THE VETO-POWER, delivered in the House of

Representatives of the United States, August

2, 1848 .

ON THE HOMESTEAD BILL, delivered in the Senate

of the United States, May 20, 1858

ON THE CONSTITUTIONALITY AND RIGHTFULNESS

of Secession, delivered in the Senate, De-

cember 18 and 19, 1860

ON THE STATE OF THE UNION, delivered in the

Senate, February 5 and 6, 1861 .

REPLY TO SENATOR LANE of Oregon, delivered

in the Senate, March 2, 1861

SPEECH AT CINCINNATI, OHIO, June 20, 1861

ON THE WAR FOR THE UNION, delivered in the

Senate, July 27, 1861.

ON THE PROPOSED EXPULSION OF MR. JESSE D.

BRIGHT, January 31, 1862 .

APPEAL TO THE PEOPLE OF TENNESSEE, March

18, 1862

INAUGURAL ADDRESS, delivered in the Senate of

the United States, March 4, 1865

JOINT RESOLUTION PROPOSING AMENDMENTS TO

THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES

REPLY TO THE ILLINOIS DELEGATION, April 18,

1865

REPLY TO THE BRITISH AMBASSADOR

SPEECH TO THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS

ADDRESS TO LOYAL SOUTHERNERS

SPEECH TO THE INDIANA DELEGATION

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