Skip to contentSpeech of John Quincy Adams, of Massachusetts, upon the right of the people, men and women, to petition; on the freedom of speech and of debate in the House of Representatives of the United States; on the resolutions of seven state legislatures, and the petitions of more than one hundred thousand petitioners, relating to the annexation of Texas to this Union. : Delivered in the House of Representatives of the United States, in fragments of the morning hour, from the 16th of June to the 7th of July 1838, inclusive | Collections | The Huntington
Speech of John Quincy Adams, of Massachusetts, upon the right of the people, men and women, to petition; on the freedom of speech and of debate in the House of Representatives of the United States; on the resolutions of seven state legislatures, and the petitions of more than one hundred thousand petitioners, relating to the annexation of Texas to this Union. : Delivered in the House of Representatives of the United States, in fragments of the morning hour, from the 16th of June to the 7th of July 1838, inclusive