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Republican Bulletin No. 7 Tyranny of the Slave Power. "We Will Subdue You." The Outrage Upon Senator Sumner. New York: Nesbitt & Co., [1856]. 4 9/16 x 9 15/16 in. broadside (toned). A Republican and pro-Frémont broadside published during the 1856 Caning of Charles Sumner in defense of the Massachusetts senator. 

On May 20th, Charles Sumner, an abolitionist senator from Massachusetts, gave a fiery speech denouncing enslavers, including Andrew Butler, a relative of South Carolina Representative Preston Brooks. In retaliation, Brooks beat Senator Sumner with a walking cane, nearly killing him. In the greater context of the "Bleeding Kansas" crisis, the Brooks-Sumner Affair further polarized the country.

[With:] The Border Ruffian Code in Kansas. [New York]: N.p., [1856]. Sabin 6411, 37020. 8vo. Map "Freedom and Slavery, and the Coveted Territories." (Occasional spotting.) Disbound. -- WILSON, Henry (1812-1875). The State of Affairs in Kansas. Speech of Hon. Henry Wilson, of Massachusetts. In the Senate, February 18, 1856. Washington D.C.: Buell & Blanchard, 1856. -- SEWARD, William H. (1801-1872). The Immediate Admission of Kansas as a State. Speech of Hon. William H. Seward, of New York. In the Senate of the United States, April 9, 1856. New York: Greeley & McElrath, 1856. Sabin 79525. -- SUMNER, Charles (1811-1874). The Crime Against Kansas. Speech of Hon. Charles Sumner, of Massachusetts. In the Senate of the United States, May 19, 1856. New York: Greeley & McElrath, 1856. Sabin 93648. -- The Issue Fairly Presented. The Senate Bill for the Admission of Kansas as a State. Democracy, Law, Order, and the Will of the Majority of the Whole People of the Territory, Against Black Republicanism, Usurpation, Revolution, Anarchy, and the Will of a Meagre Minority. Washington: Union Office, 1856. -- And 1 other. Together, 6 pamphlets, all FIRST EDITION, 8vo, condition generally very good.

[Also with:] WEBSTER, Daniel (1782-1852). Speech of Mr. Webster on Mr. Clay's Resolutions. Delivered in the Senate of the United States, March 7, 1850. [Washington]: Gideon & Co., [1850]. Second Edition. Regarding the 1850 Compromise.