Folio (15 x 20 in.) Marbled boards containing 52 pages (both original marbled boards split through the center with broken corners and some creases and folds, further folds, creases, and splits to the paper, age discoloration and stains scattered throughout). "The Most Remarkable Speeches on Both Sides. Reported for the "Cincinnati Commercial" and Printed from the Stereotype Plates of that Journal." Volume includes speeches from some of the most important political figures of the post-bellum years.

Particularly noteworthy are the multiple speeches delivered by General Benjamin Franklin Butler, whose political career following the Civil War was the result of what he perceived to be President Andrew Johnson's weak reconstruction policies and insufficient support for Civil Rights. Also included are speeches from future president James Garfield, Governor Oliver P. Morton, future president General Benjamin Harrison, and General George W. Morgan. These combined speeches cover a broad breadth of subjects crucial to Reconstruction-Era politics, including the fate of the newly liberated African Americans, national debt, the resumption of politics in the South, and more.