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Biographical notice, from Livingston's Memoirs of Eminent Ameri-

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PARTI.

CONGRESSIONAL SPEECHES.

Speech in reply to Mr. Bell, on the Bill to Secure the Freedom of

Elections, May 19th and 20th, 1840,

Speech on the Bill to Charter the Fiscal Bank of the United States,

August 4th, 1841,

Speech on remitting the fine on General Jackson, January 8th, 1844,

Speech on the correspondence of Mr. Webster with the British Min-

ister, in relation to the Surrender of Alexander McLeod, July 9th

and 10th, 1841,

Speech on the Tariff, June, 1842,

Speech on Abolition Petitions, January, 1844,

Speech on the Right of Members Elected by General Ticket to their

Seats, February, 1844,

Speech in reply to Mr. Adams on the Bill Establishing a Territorial

Government for Oregon, January 27th, 1845,

Second reply to Mr. Adams on the same Bill, February 4th,

Speech on the New Jersey Contested Election, March 17th, 1840,

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POLITICAL SPEECHES AND OTHER ADDRESSES.

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Speech, when a candidate for the office of Governor, delivered at

Athens, East Tennessee, June 21st, 1845,

Speech, when a candidate for the same office in 1847,

Speech at Jonesboro', as one of the Democratic Electors for the

State at large, in the Presidential election between General Cass

and General Taylor, August 24th, 1848,

Speech in the Presidential election between General Pierce and

General Scott, at Columbia, August 6th, 1852,

Speech at Charleston, East Tennessee, in same election, October,

1852,

Lecture on the Progress of the United States and the Slavery Ques-

tion, at Odd Fellows' Hall, Nashville, in 1850,

Letter to the Nashville Union, on the subject of the approaching

Southern Convention,

Letter to the Nashville Union, after the adjournment of the first

session of the Southern Convention,

Speech at the second session of the Southern Convention,

The Tennessee Platform, written by Governor Brown, reported by

Mr. Nicholson to the Delegates, and having been adopted, reported

by their Chairman, General Pillow, to the Southern Convention,

Address to the Law Class of the University at Lebanon, February

15th, 1853,

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PART III.

MESSAGES, REPORTS, AND OTHER MISCELLANEOUS DOCUMENTS.

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Inaugural Address on his installation as Governor of Tennessee, in

1845,

Message to the General Assembly in 1845,

Proclamation for Volunteers in 1846,

Address to the First Regiment, transferring it to the United States,

Message of 1847,

Resolutions of 1827, introduced into the Tennessee Legislature, in

relation to the defeat of General Jackson, in the election of 1824,

Speech in support of the same,

Address of the Giles County Committee (prepared by Gov. Brown,)

in the Presidential election of 1836, between Mr. Van Buren, Gen.

Harrison and Judge White,

Address to his constituents in 1842, reviewing the measures of the

Whig party at the called session of 1841, and the regular session

of 1842,

Reply to Mr. Benton, on the True Origin of the Movement for the

Annexation of Texas,

Reply to Mr. Adams, complaining of the publication of General

Jackson's letter in favor of the annexation of Texas,

The same subject continued,

Speech in the Legislature of Tennessee against abolishing the Cir-

cuit and Supreme Courts,

Speech to his constituents, on his return from the called session of the

Legislature of 1832,

Letter to the New Orleans Railroad Convention,

Report in the Legislature of Tennessee on Free Persons of Color,

Report against Capital Punisbments,

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