Publisher's Synopsis
1878. The text of speeches delivered by Mr. Choate, scholar, advocate, master of eloquence, statesman and patriot. Among his most brilliant speeches as senator were those on the Oregon boundary, the tariff, the fiscal bank bill, the Smithsonian Institution, and the annexation of Texas, which he opposed. Partial Contents: The Importance of Illustrating New England History by a Series of Romances like the Waverly Novels; The Power of a State Developed by Mental Culture; The Eloquence of Revolutionary Periods; Remarks Before the Circuit Court on the Death of Mr. Webster; Speech on the Judicial Tenure; and American Nationality.
