The book "Address to the People of the United States, together with the Proceedings and Resolutions of the Pro-Slavery Convention of the State of Missouri, held at Lexington in July, 1855," by an unknown author, is an important document of its time. The book presents an extensive case for slavery and the resolutions that upheld the institution. The process of holding the convention, in which influential personalities took part, is reproduced in the smallest details. The book is an important historical source on the conflicting views on slavery in the United States in the mid-nineteenth century, and also highlights the tense relations and social conflicts of the period.