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The World's Great Orations, Vol. IX: America - II

William Jennings Bryan (1860 - 1925) and Francis Whiting Halsey (1851 - 1919)

William Jennings Bryan compiled this collection speeches from many early orators of America. Volume 9 includes speeches from the years 1818 through 1865.

Genre(s): History

Language: English

Keyword(s): Abraham Lincoln (49), speeches (43), Daniel Webster (7), henry clay (3), stephen a. douglas (1), william seward (1)

Section	Chapter	Reader	Time
Play 01	Robert Hayne - On the Foote Resolution	Avanos	00:32:56
Play 02	Daniel Webster - The Bunker Hill Monument Oration	Tony Posante	00:19:03
Play 03	Daniel Webster - In Reply to Hayne	jkilly	00:47:10
Play 04	Daniel Webster - On the Clay Compromise	TracyAnn	00:22:14
Play 05	Henry Clay - The Emancipation of South America	TracyAnn	00:22:45
Play 06	Henry Clay - His Attack on Jackson	Christopher H.	00:14:09
Play 07	Henry Clay - On His Own Compromise Measures	TracyAnn	00:16:49
Play 08	John C. Calhoun - On the Expunging Resolution	Larry Wilson	00:07:53
Play 09	John C. Calhoun - On the Clay Compromise Measures	Pete McElveen	00:24:45
Play 10	Thomas Corwin - On the Mexican War	Tony Posante	00:20:24
Play 11	Alexander H. Stephens - The South and the Public Domain	ARodrigo	00:11:30
Play 12	William Cullen Bryant - His Welcome to Kossuth	Tony Posante	00:07:21
Play 13	Rufus Choate - His Eulogy of Webster	TracyAnn	00:21:23
Play 14	Charles Sumner - On the Crime Against Kansas	Tony Posante	00:21:59
Play 15	Preston S. Brooks - In Defense of his Attack on Sumner	Tony Posante	00:04:09
Play 16	William H. Seward - His "Irrepressible Conflict" Speech	Faith Abiola-Ellison	00:20:46
Play 17	John Brown - His Speech to the Court at his Trial	brenda8mac	00:06:45
Play 18	William Lloyd Garrison - On the Death of John Brown	MoonLylith	00:06:34
Play 19	William Lowndes Yancey - His Speech of Protest in the Charleston Convention	KHand	00:16:16
Play 20	Jefferson Davis - On Withdrawing from the Union	Tony Posante	00:10:53
Play 21	Robert Toombs - On Resigning from the Senate	Faith Abiola-Ellison	00:25:57
Play 22	Abraham Lincoln - The "House Divided Against Itself" Speech	Larry Wilson	00:10:22
Play 23	Abraham Lincoln - On the First Debate with Douglas	Pete McElveen	00:18:01
Play 24	Abraham Lincoln - His Farewell Words in Springfield	tombooker	00:06:50
Play 25	Abraham Lincoln - The First Inaugural Address	tombooker	00:34:16
Play 26	Abraham Lincoln - The Gettysburg Address	Larry Wilson	00:02:35
Play 27	Abraham Lincoln - The Second Inaugural Address	Larry Wilson	00:04:55
Play 28	Stephen A. Douglas - On the First Debate with Lincoln	Honzuki	00:30:40

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