A very scarce, author's presentation imprint of one of the most crystallized narrations of the fresh demands placed on Americans in light of the Emancipation Proclamation as an acknowledgement of full citizenship and thus a full demand of the rights expressed in the Constitution. 

James Gibson was a New York State senator. In 1866 he began serving as the Chairman of the Committee on Claims. And it was here that he recognized that for black Americans to make claim legally, it would require voices of power to demand that citizen meant citizen, full stop, equal, all legal rights available, including the pursue civil suit, etc., 

An important early Reconstruction document. No copies at auction or in the trade. 

Gibson, James. The Pending Issues. - Equal Rights to All Men. Speech of Senator Gibson, on the Joint Resolutions on National Affairs in Senate, March 8, 1866. 1866. 8pp.

A good + copy, bound in wraps. Generally solid, crisp and bright. Sheet edges a bit handled.