Pamphlet Collection

This is a collection of paper-covered print publications in Special Collections at the Cedarville University Centennial Library. The collection encompasses a variety of materials, including booklets, pamphlets, leaflets, tracts, government documents, speeches, sermons, etc.

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The Irrepressible Conflict

William H. Seward

William Henry Seward (May 16, 1801 – October 10, 1872) was an American politician who served as United States Secretary of State from 1861 to 1869, and earlier served as governor of New York and as a United States Senator.

1858
They "Stoop to Conquer"

Benjamin Franklin Wade

Full title: They "stoop to conquer;" or, the English swindle. Speech of Senator Wade, of Ohio. Delivered in the United States Senate, April 27, 1858

1858
Speech of Hon. Benjamin F. Wade

Benjamin F. Wade

Full title: Speech of Hon. B. F. Wade, of Ohio, on property in the territories, delivered in the Senate of the United States, March 7, 1860

1860
Speech of Hon. B. F. Wade, of Ohio, on the State of the Union

Benjamin Franklin Wade

Full title: Speech of Hon. B.F. Wade, of Ohio, on the state of the Union, delivered in the Senate of the United States, Dec. 17, 1860

1860
The Admission of Kansas

William H. Seward

Full title: The admission of Kansas. Speech of William H. Seward, of New York, delivered in the Senate of the United States, Feb. 29, 1860

1860
The Barbarism of Slavery

Charles Sumner

Full title: The barbarism of slavery: speech of Hon. Charles Sumner, on the bill for the admission of Kansas as a free state, in the United States Senate, June 4, 1860

1860
Discourse on the National Crisis

F. C. Ewer

Full title: Discourse on the National Crisis, delivered by the Rev. F. C. Ewer, at St. Ann's Church, New York, on the evening of the fifth Sunday after Easter, (May 5,) and repeated, by request, on the evening of the Sunday after Ascension, (May 12,) 1861

1861
Speech of Hon. P. Hitchcock

Peter Hitchcock

Full title: Speech of Hon. P. Hitchcock, of Geauga, on the "Bill to prevent giving aid to fugitive slaves" : in the House of Representatives, Feb. 23, 1861

1861
Thanksgiving

Charles Wadsworth

Full title: Thanksgiving: A Sermon Preached in the Arch Street Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia, on Thursday, November 28, 1861

1861
The Christian idea of Civil Government

Francis Vinton

Full title: The Christian idea of civil government by Francis Vinton, D.D.: a sermon preached in Trinity Church, New-York, on the occasion of the Prov. Bishop's pastoral letter

1861
A Discourse Upon Causes for Thanksgiving

John Weiss

Full title: A discourse upon causes for Thanksgiving : preached at Watertown, Nov. 30. 1862, by John Weiss

John Weiss (1818-1879) was an American author and clergyman, an advocate of women's rights, and a noted abolitionist.

1862
Discourse Delivered Before The Congregational Society

George Palmer Tyler

Full title: Discourse delivered before the Congregational Society, at Brattleborough, Vt. on Thanksgiving Day, November 4, 1862, by George Palmer Tyler

The date is altered on this document to read December 4, 1862.

1862
Proceedings at the Mass Meeting of Loyal Citizens on Union Square, New York

John Austin Stevens, Secretary

Full title: Proceedings at the mass meeting of loyal citizens, on Union Square, New York, 15th day of July, 1862, under the auspices of the Chamber of Commerce of the state of New York, the Union Defence Committee of the citizens of New York, the Common Council of the city of New York, and other committees of loyal citizens.

1862
Radicalism and the National Crisis

Samuel T. Spear

Full title: Radicalism and the national crisis : a sermon preached in the South Presbyterian Church of Brooklyn, by the pastor, Samuel T. Spear, October 19th, 1862

1862
Rational Triumph: or the Dangers of Victory

William A. McGinley

Full title: Rational triumph: or the dangers of victory : a discourse delivered in the Congregational Church of Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, upon the occasion of the Federal triumphs over the victories of February, 1862, and in view of ultimate victory. by William A. McGinley

1862
State Thanksgiving During the Rebellion

Gardiner Spring

Full title: State Thanksgiving during the rebellion. a sermon preached November 28, 1861, by Gardiner Spring, D.D., Pastor of the Brick Presbyterian Church in the city of New York.

1862
The Army of the Potomac

Prince de Joinville and William Henry Hurlbert

Full title: The Army of the Potomac: its organization, its commander, and its campaign. By the Prince de Joinville. Tr. from the French, with notes, by William Henry Hurlbert

1862
Bible View of Slavery

Henry Drisler

Full title: Bible view of slavery : by John H. Hopkins, D.D., Bishop of the Diocese of Vermont, Examined.

1863
Character and Results of the War

Benjamin Franklin Butler

Full title: Character and results of the war : how to prosecute and how to end it. a thrilling and eloquent speech by Major-General B.F. Butler

1863
Elements of Discord in Secessia

Full title: Elements of Discord in Secessia, &c., &c.

1863
English Neutrality: Is the Alabama a British Pirate?

Grosvenor Porter Lowrey

Grosvenor P. Lowrey (1831-1893) was a 19th-century American corporate lawyer who served as counsel to numerous powerful interests such as Thomas Edison, Western Union, Wells Fargo, and the New York Metropolitan Railway Company. During the Civil War he wrote pamphlets defending President Abraham Lincoln's expanded war powers while doing legal work for the Treasury Department.

1863
Loyalty and Disloyalty

Uknown author

This anonymous piece calls for national unity, particularly in Pennsylvania.

circa 1863
No Failure for the North

Francis Wayland Jr.

Reprinted from the April 1863 issue of the Atlantic Monthly

1863
No Party Now but All for Our Country

Francis Lieber

Francis Lieber (1798 or 1800-1872) was a German-American jurist, gymnast and political philosopher. He was the author of the Lieber Code during the American Civil War, also known as Code for the Government of Armies in the Field (1863), considered to be the first document to comprehensively outline rules regulating the conduct of war, which laid the foundation for the Geneva Conventions.

1863
Our Country Before Party

Harrison G.O. Blake

Full title: Our Country Before Party: Speech of Hon. H. G. Blake of Ohio, on the state of the Union. : Delivered in the House of Representatives, Feb. 28, 1863

1863