Congressional scales. A true balance, Political Cartoon
A satire on President Zachary Taylor's attempts to balance Southern and Northern interests on the question of slavery in 1850. Taylor stands atop a pair of scales, with a weight in each hand; the weight on the ... More
![Union / painted By T[ompkins] H. Matteson ; engraved by H[enry] S. Sadd.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMDQvdW5pb24tcGFpbnRlZC1ieS10b21wa2lucy1oLW1hdHRlc29uLWVuZ3JhdmVkLWJ5LWhlbnJ5LXMtc2FkZC04N2VhOGUtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/29/webp "Union / painted By T[ompkins] H. Matteson ; engraved by H[enry] S. Sadd.")
Union / painted By T[ompkins] H. Matteson ; engraved by H[enry] S. Sad...
A symbolic group portrait eulogizing recent legislative efforts, notably the Compromise of 1850, to preserve the Union. The work is in some respects a memorial to the triumvirate of senior American legislators:... More
![Union / painted By T[ompkins] H. Matteson ; engraved by H[enry] S. Sadd.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMDQvdW5pb24tcGFpbnRlZC1ieS10b21wa2lucy1oLW1hdHRlc29uLWVuZ3JhdmVkLWJ5LWhlbnJ5LXMtc2FkZC0yMTZhYTAtMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/40/31/webp "Union / painted By T[ompkins] H. Matteson ; engraved by H[enry] S. Sadd.")
Union / painted By T[ompkins] H. Matteson ; engraved by H[enry] S. Sad...
A symbolic group portrait eulogizing recent legislative efforts, notably the Compromise of 1850, to preserve the Union. The work is in some respects a memorial to the triumvirate of senior American legislators:... More
John C. Calhoun's speech to the United States Senate against the Compr...
Reproduction number: A20 (color slide; page 1) The famous South Carolinian John C. Calhoun (1782-1850) made his last Senate speech during the course of the great debate over the Compromise of 1850, a complicate... More
Congressional scales. A true balance, Political Cartoon
A satire on President Zachary Taylor's attempts to balance Southern and Northern interests on the question of slavery in 1850. Taylor stands atop a pair of scales, with a weight in each hand; the weight on the ... More
Managing a candidate - Print, Library of Congress collection
A caustic portrayal of the abolitionist Whigs' manipulation of Winfield Scott during the 1852 campaign. Influential Whigs (left to right) New York "Times" editor Henry J. Raymond, "Tribune" editor Horace Greele... More
Congressional scales. A true balance, Political Cartoon
A satire on President Zachary Taylor's attempts to balance Southern and Northern interests on the question of slavery in 1850. Taylor stands atop a pair of scales, with a weight in each hand; the weight on the ... More
Managing a candidate - Print, Library of Congress collection
A caustic portrayal of the abolitionist Whigs' manipulation of Winfield Scott during the 1852 campaign. Influential Whigs (left to right) New York "Times" editor Henry J. Raymond, "Tribune" editor Horace Greele... More
Horace Mann's letters on the extension of slavery into California and ...
Caption title. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.
Horace Mann's letters on the extension of slavery into California and ...
Caption title. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.
Horace Mann's letters on the extension of slavery into California and ...
Caption title. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.
Horace Mann's letters on the extension of slavery into California and ...
Caption title. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.
Speeches of Senator Rhett and Senator Clemens in controversy : deliver...
Also available in digital form. Also available in digital form.
Tennessee, the compromise of 1850, and the Nashville Convention;
Cover-title. "Reprinted from the Mississippi Valley historical review. Vol. II, December, 1915." Also available in digital form. Also available in digital form.
Daniel Webster's notes for his speech to the United States Senate favo...
Reproduction number: A82 (color slide); LC-MSS-44925-2 (B&W negative) Daniel Webster (1782-1852), United States senator from Massachusetts, rose on 7 March 1850 to support a complex series of statutes introduce... More
Horace Mann's letters on the extension of slavery into California and ...
Caption title. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.
Tennessee, the compromise of 1850, and the Nashville Convention;
Cover-title. "Reprinted from the Mississippi Valley historical review. Vol. II, December, 1915." Also available in digital form. Also available in digital form.
Tennessee, the compromise of 1850, and the Nashville Convention;
Cover-title. "Reprinted from the Mississippi Valley historical review. Vol. II, December, 1915." Also available in digital form. Also available in digital form.
Speeches of Senator Rhett and Senator Clemens in controversy : deliver...
Also available in digital form. Also available in digital form.
The Clay statue. A model of a man. Designed by the goddess of liberty
The artist lionizes Kentucky senator Henry Clay, author of the Compromise of 1850, and slams his political foes and critics of the compromise, particularly those in the Taylor administration. A text in the lowe... More
Speeches of Senator Rhett and Senator Clemens in controversy : deliver...
Also available in digital form. Also available in digital form.
Horace Mann's letters on the extension of slavery into California and ...
Caption title. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.
Speeches of Senator Rhett and Senator Clemens in controversy : deliver...
Also available in digital form. Also available in digital form.
Speeches of Senator Rhett and Senator Clemens in controversy : deliver...
Also available in digital form. Also available in digital form.
Speeches of Senator Rhett and Senator Clemens in controversy : deliver...
Also available in digital form. Also available in digital form.
Horace Mann's letters on the extension of slavery into California and ...
Caption title. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.
Speeches of Senator Rhett and Senator Clemens in controversy : deliver...
Also available in digital form. Also available in digital form.