"Executive Vetoes" - Speech of C. B. Smith on the Veto Power in the House of Representatives, July 21, 1848
The veto in question in "Executive Vetoes" -- Speech of Caleb B. Smith, of Indiana, on The Veto Power: delivered in the House of Representatives of the United States, July 21, 1848 was that of President Polk's of the Civil and Diplomatic Appropriations Bill. The discussion of that bill and the presidential veto power are commingled with forays into the Whig vs. Democratic points of view on other matters. The speech is contained in a 16 page booklet, without covers, that measures approximately 5 ¾ x 9 inches. The pages of the booklet are tanned, with occasional mild foxing, but the text is clear and easily read. The first and last pages are detached. The pictures above show the booklet’s title page and the first page of the speech. The booklet is a first edition, as printed in 1848 in Washington by J. and G. S. Gideon, Printers. It is not a modern reprint or scanned copy of an original.
Caleb Blood Smith (April 16, 1808 – January 7, 1864) was an American journalist and politician, serving in the Cabinet of Abraham Lincoln during the American Civil War. He served several terms in the Indiana legislature, and was in the United States Congress in 1843–1849, having been elected as a Whig. During his congressional career, he was one of the Mexican claims commissioners. [Wikipedia]
The veto in question in "Executive Vetoes" -- Speech of Caleb B. Smith, of Indiana, on The Veto Power: delivered in the House of Representatives of the United States, July 21, 1848 was that of President Polk's of the Civil and Diplomatic Appropriations Bill. The discussion of that bill and the presidential veto power are commingled with forays into the Whig vs. Democratic points of view on other matters. The speech is contained in a 16 page booklet, without covers, that measures approximately 5 ¾ x 9 inches. The pages of the booklet are tanned, with occasional mild foxing, but the text is clear and easily read. The first and last pages are detached. The pictures above show the booklet’s title page and the first page of the speech. The booklet is a first edition, as printed in 1848 in Washington by J. and G. S. Gideon, Printers. It is not a modern reprint or scanned copy of an original.
Caleb Blood Smith (April 16, 1808 – January 7, 1864) was an American journalist and politician, serving in the Cabinet of Abraham Lincoln during the American Civil War. He served several terms in the Indiana legislature, and was in the United States Congress in 1843–1849, having been elected as a Whig. During his congressional career, he was one of the Mexican claims commissioners. [Wikipedia]
The veto in question in "Executive Vetoes" -- Speech of Caleb B. Smith, of Indiana, on The Veto Power: delivered in the House of Representatives of the United States, July 21, 1848 was that of President Polk's of the Civil and Diplomatic Appropriations Bill. The discussion of that bill and the presidential veto power are commingled with forays into the Whig vs. Democratic points of view on other matters. The speech is contained in a 16 page booklet, without covers, that measures approximately 5 ¾ x 9 inches. The pages of the booklet are tanned, with occasional mild foxing, but the text is clear and easily read. The first and last pages are detached. The pictures above show the booklet’s title page and the first page of the speech. The booklet is a first edition, as printed in 1848 in Washington by J. and G. S. Gideon, Printers. It is not a modern reprint or scanned copy of an original.
Caleb Blood Smith (April 16, 1808 – January 7, 1864) was an American journalist and politician, serving in the Cabinet of Abraham Lincoln during the American Civil War. He served several terms in the Indiana legislature, and was in the United States Congress in 1843–1849, having been elected as a Whig. During his congressional career, he was one of the Mexican claims commissioners. [Wikipedia]