George W Julian SPEECHES ON POLITICAL QUESTIONS 1872 anti-slavery CIVIL WAR gop

Description: Speeches on Political Questions by George W. Julian (First Edition) Author: Julian, George W. [Washington]; Child, L. Maria (Introduction by); Title: Speeches on Political Questions by George W. Julian (First Edition) Publication: New York: Hurd and Houghton, 1872 Description: Hardcover. New York: Hurd and Houghton, 1872.FIRST EDITION. 472 pages. Good. Rebound; tight binding; exlibrary with usual marks; a few chips to title page and foreword page; pages generally clean; some wear. Speeches by a very important Republican politician from Indiana during the 1860's, many on the slavery question, some on war-time policies, one on the punishment of rebel leaders, etc. Quite scarce. "George Washington Julian (May 5, 1817 - July 7, 1899) was a politician, lawyer, and writer from Indiana who served in the United States House of Representatives during the 19th century. A leading opponent of slavery, Julian was the Free Soil Party's candidate for vice president in the 1852 election and was a prominent Radical Republican during the American Civil War and the Reconstruction era. Born in Wayne County, Indiana, he established a legal practice in Centerville, Indiana. He won election to the Indiana House of Representatives as a member of the Whig Party. He helped found the anti-slavery Free Soil Party and won election to the United States House of Representatives, but was defeated in his attempt to secure a second term. During his time in Congress, he became a staunch supporter of land reform policies such as the Homestead Acts. After leaving Congress, Julian served as the Free Soil Party's vice presidential nominee in 1852, and the ticket won 4.9% of the popular vote. After the passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act, Julian became a leader of Indiana's nascent Republican Party, and he won election to the United States House of Representatives in 1860. He helped secure passage of the 1862 Homestead Act and called for the abolition of slavery. While he was a firm supporter of President Abraham Lincoln, he also criticized some of President Abraham Lincoln's wartime policies and favored the Wade-Davis Bill over Lincoln's more lenient Reconstruction proposals. He voted in favor of the Thirteenth Amendment, which abolished slavery in the United States and famously feuded with Solomon Meredith, a fellow Hoosier and commander of the Union Army's Iron Brigade during his 1865 re-election campaign. After the war, he emerged as a prominent critic of President Andrew Johnson, calling for Johnson's impeachment. Julian introduced a women's suffrage constitutional amendment in 1868. Julian lost his bid for re-nomination in 1870, and eventually resumed his legal practice in Indianapolis. He opposed the administration of President Ulysses S. Grant and became a leader of the Liberal Republicans. After Grant defeated Liberal Republican nominee Horace Greeley in the 1872 presidential election, Julian became a member of the Democratic Party. In 1885, President Grover Cleveland appointed him surveyor general of the New Mexico Territory. Julian was the son-in-law of Ohio politician Joshua Reed Giddings and the father of Grace Julian Clarke, a women's suffrage advocate."--wikipedia.SEE OUR OTHER LISTINGS FOR MORE INTERESTING RARE AND COLLECTIBLE BOOKS.. Good. Seller ID: 17180 Subject: Americana At LaCelle Rare Books we offer rare and important books from Literary Classics and Children's Books to Americana and Civil War. Over the years we've had many of the great landmarks of literature as well as thousands of other interesting and collectible books in all categories. If you are looking for a book we don't have listed right now feel free to reach out and you'll be the first to know when we list the titles you're looking for. 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