THE PRACTICE OF JUSTICE OUR ONLY SECURITY FOR THE FUTURE. Remarks of Hon. William D. Kelley, of Pennsylvania, in Support of his Proposed Amendment to the Bill "To Guaranty to Certain States Whose Governments have been Usurped or Overthrown a Republican Form of Government;" Delivered in the House of Representatives, January 16, 1865 by Kelley, William D - 1865

Washington, 1865. Original Wrappers. Very Good binding. Octavo. 23, [1] pp. Issued in self-wrappers, this copy has been removed from a binding. Covers are separating at the spine and generally soiled and worn; horizontal creased where it was tri-folded; light foxing throughout.

"Kelley was an outspoken champion of the freed slaves and of black suffrage. In 1865, arguing in response to a proposed Reconstruction bill, he introduced an amendment that would have extended suffrage to all male citizens, regardless of race, capable of reading the Constitution. The bill and the amendment were defeated" Oxford American National Biography. Sabin 37269.