William Jennings Bryan compiled this collection speeches from many early orators of America. Volume 9 includes speeches from the years 1818 through 1865.
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Episodes
Robert Hayne - On the Foote Resolution
Episode 1 · 32:56
Daniel Webster - The Bunker Hill Monument Oration
Episode 2 · 19:03
Daniel Webster - In Reply to Hayne
Episode 3 · 47:10
Daniel Webster - On the Clay Compromise
Episode 4 · 22:14
Henry Clay - The Emancipation of South America
Episode 5 · 22:45
Henry Clay - His Attack on Jackson
Episode 6 · 14:09
Henry Clay - On His Own Compromise Measures
Episode 7 · 16:49
John C. Calhoun - On the Expunging Resolution
Episode 8 · 7:53
John C. Calhoun - On the Clay Compromise Measures
Episode 9 · 24:45
Thomas Corwin - On the Mexican War
Episode 10 · 20:24
Alexander H. Stephens - The South and the Public Domain
Episode 11 · 11:30
William Cullen Bryant - His Welcome to Kossuth
Episode 12 · 7:21
Rufus Choate - His Eulogy of Webster
Episode 13 · 21:23
Charles Sumner - On the Crime Against Kansas
Episode 14 · 21:59
Preston S. Brooks - In Defense of his Attack on Sumner
Episode 15 · 4:09
William H. Seward - His "Irrepressible Conflict" Speech
Episode 16 · 20:46
John Brown - His Speech to the Court at his Trial
Episode 17 · 6:45
William Lloyd Garrison - On the Death of John Brown
Episode 18 · 6:34
William Lowndes Yancey - His Speech of Protest in the Charleston Convention
Episode 19 · 16:16
Jefferson Davis - On Withdrawing from the Union
Episode 20 · 10:53
Robert Toombs - On Resigning from the Senate
Episode 21 · 25:57
Abraham Lincoln - The "House Divided Against Itself" Speech
Episode 22 · 10:22
Abraham Lincoln - On the First Debate with Douglas
Episode 23 · 18:01
Abraham Lincoln - His Farewell Words in Springfield
Episode 24 · 6:50
Abraham Lincoln - The First Inaugural Address
Episode 25 · 34:16
Abraham Lincoln - The Gettysburg Address
Episode 26 · 2:35
Abraham Lincoln - The Second Inaugural Address
Episode 27 · 4:55
Stephen A. Douglas - On the First Debate with Lincoln