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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Thanksgiving
Charles Wadsworth
Full title: Thanksgiving: A Sermon Preached in the Arch Street Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia, on Thursday, November 28, 1861
1861
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Loyalty and Disloyalty
Uknown author
This anonymous piece calls for national unity, particularly in Pennsylvania.
circa 1863
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No Failure for the North
Francis Wayland Jr.
Reprinted from the April 1863 issue of the Atlantic Monthly
1863
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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
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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
