William Jennings Bryan compiled this collection speeches from many early orators of America. Volume 9 includes speeches from the years 1818 through 1865.
Chapters
1 Robert Hayne - On the Foote Resolution 33 min 2 Daniel Webster - The Bunker Hill Monument Oration 19 min 3 Daniel Webster - In Reply to Hayne 47 min 4 Daniel Webster - On the Clay Compromise 22 min 5 Henry Clay - The Emancipation of South America 23 min 6 Henry Clay - His Attack on Jackson 14 min 7 Henry Clay - On His Own Compromise Measures 17 min 8 John C. Calhoun - On the Expunging Resolution 8 min 9 John C. Calhoun - On the Clay Compromise Measures 25 min 10 Thomas Corwin - On the Mexican War 20 min 11 Alexander H. Stephens - The South and the Public Domain 12 min 12 William Cullen Bryant - His Welcome to Kossuth 7 min 13 Rufus Choate - His Eulogy of Webster 21 min 14 Charles Sumner - On the Crime Against Kansas 22 min 15 Preston S. Brooks - In Defense of his Attack on Sumner 4 min 16 William H. Seward - His "Irrepressible Conflict" Speech 21 min 17 John Brown - His Speech to the Court at his Trial 7 min 18 William Lloyd Garrison - On the Death of John Brown 7 min 19 William Lowndes Yancey - His Speech of Protest in the Charleston Convention 16 min 20 Jefferson Davis - On Withdrawing from the Union 11 min 21 Robert Toombs - On Resigning from the Senate 26 min 22 Abraham Lincoln - The "House Divided Against Itself" Speech 10 min 23 Abraham Lincoln - On the First Debate with Douglas 18 min 24 Abraham Lincoln - His Farewell Words in Springfield 7 min 25 Abraham Lincoln - The First Inaugural Address 34 min 26 Abraham Lincoln - The Gettysburg Address 3 min 27 Abraham Lincoln - The Second Inaugural Address 5 min 28 Stephen A. Douglas - On the First Debate with Lincoln 31 min