Speech of John Quincy Adams, of Massachusetts upon the right of the people, men and women, to petition : on the freedom of speech and 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.