Title: Mr. Whipple's report, and Mr. Otis's letter
Description: On the Atherton resolutions, passed in the United States House of Representatives, December 12, 1838, relative to petitions for the abolition of slavery. The resolutions are characterized "as a dangerous invasion of the right of the people to petition Congress, and in violation of the Constitution of the United States."
Subjects: United States, United States. 25th Congress, 3d session, 1838-1839. House, Right of Petition, Slavery, United States. Congress 1838-1839). House, Controversial literature, United States. Congress House, United States. 25th Congress, 3rd session, 1838-1839. House
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