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185236045Boston: Boston Commonwealth. Extra. 1852. Broadsheet 21-3/4" x 16". Recto printed in three columns; verso printed in five columns. Untrimmed light edge wear a few spots and old folds with several light crimps and one or two small separations at fold intersection affecting three or four letters. Good. "Boston Commonwealth. Extra." at head of title.<br/><br/> The broadsheet a dramatic illustration of the growing split in the Democratic Party supports the "Free Democratic" Party led by Senator John Hale of New Hampshire and George Julian of Indiana. A precursor of the Republican Party the Free Democratic Party was created by Northern Democrats who broke with the national Democratic Party which was dominated by southern pro-slavery men. The Free Democrats pledged "NO MORE SLAVE STATES NO SLAVE TERRITORY NO NATIONALIZED SLAVERY and NO NATIONAL LEGISLATION FOR THE EXTRADITION OF SLAVES." That bold promise is contrasted with the temporizing pro-slavery Platforms of the two major Parties-- the "Compromise Democratic Nominations" of Franklin Pierce; and the Whigs headed by Winfield Scott.<br/> The verso is headed in bold type: "The Fugitive Slave Law! America's Bill of Abominations!!" Its text with the signature in bold type of President Millard Fillmore is printed in five columns at the top half of the verso. The lower half is an address by "Alexander" "To the People of the United States!--- The Issue before the Nation!" Unlike the Whigs and Democrats the "Free Democracy will favor the early policy of the country to limit localize and discourage slavery. the immediate repeal of the Fugitive Slave Law." The Free Democratic Platform is printed along with that of the Democrats and Whigs. <br/>OCLC 83679097 2- NYHS Peabody-Essex 45737584 2- Boston Public Wellesley as of October 2019. Not located at the online site of AAS. Boston Commonwealth... Extra. unknown books
185226314Boston: Beals Greene & Co. 1852. Disbound 24pp printed in double columns. Light wear Very Good. <br/><br/> The 1852 presidential campaign pitting the Democrat Pierce against the Whig Scott featured an unseemly competition for the votes of Irish Catholic immigrants. Whigs who were at a disadvantage in this contest charged Pierce with being an anti-Catholic bigot. "The object of the Scott politicians in making the charge of intolerance at this time against General Pierce is to obtain the Catholic vote. It is an appeal to a SECT IN RELIGION to get its members to vote a certain way in POLITICS." <br/> This pamphlet rebuts the charge demonstrating that Pierce supported extending equal rights to Catholics in New Hampshire via constitutional amendment. <br/>Not in Sabin Miles Eberstadt Decker. OCLC lists a number of institutional copies. Beals, Greene & Co. unknown books
185218550np. 1852. Disbound with some loosening 8pp. Printed in double columns. Caption title as issued. Light tan and wear Good. <br/><br/> An attempt to tar General Winfield Scott the Whigs' 1852 presidential candidate with abolitionism; and to promote Franklin Pierce who by contrast is "devoted to the constitution and defended the rights guarantied by that sacred instrument." <br/> The Whigs have pandered to the extreme abolitionists the Liberty Party crew and seek to "absorb the friends and followers of James G. Birney and Wendall sic Phillips into the bosom of the whig party which is now under the leadership of Wm. H. Seward who will be the controlling spirit of the government should General Scott be elected." Birney Phillips and Seward were of course anathema to southerners and indeed to many northern Whigs and Democrats who did not wish the slavery issue to threaten the maintenance of the Union. <br/>FIRST EDITION. LCP 11125. Not in Sabin Miles Eberstadt Decker. unknown books
18489627np 1848. 16pp disbound and stitched minor scattered spotting. Very Good. <br/><br/> NUC attributes authorship to Adams identified here only as "a Whig of the Free States." He is appalled at his Party's impending nomination of Zachary Taylor for the presidency. Taylor a Louisiana slaveholder had never voted or participated in civil affairs. His military career most recently in the Mexican War which northern Whigs had generally opposed as an unconstitutional land-grab for slavery was his only public activity. <br/> "He is a Military Chieftain-- and he is a Slave owner and in favor of the Extension of Slavery over new territories." Webster deserves the nomination: "Let there be no wavering none of the contemptible expediency doctrine which leads men to declare in one breath that Mr. Webster is their first choice and to say the next moment that they are ready to vote for General Taylor." <br/>FIRST EDITION. Sabin 55816. 3 NUC 0062491. Not in Miles LCP Eberstadt Decker Dumond. unknown books
184819816Washington: Published Under Authority of the National and Jackson Democratic Association Committee 1848. 16pp untrimmed and folded blank top edge chipped. Toned. Good or so. <br/><br/> Stewart a Whig had charged that Cass the Democrats' 1848 presidential nominee had picked the taxpayers' pockets while Governor of the Michigan Territory and Superintendent of Indian Affairs. Stewart issued a pamphlet that included Cass's expense accounts and other documents to back up his charges. <br/> Defending Cass this pamphlet accuses the Whigs and Stewart of "making up a gross statement against General Cass and suppressing the truth in regard to the accounts of General Taylor." Taylor say the Democrats is guilty of even greater malfeasance than that which has been falsely charged against Cass. <br/>Sabin 91633n. 111 Eberstadt 113. Published Under Authority of the National and Jackson Democratic Association Committee unknown books
184834739Newport 1848. 24pp. Disbound printed in two columns per page. Light wear faint blindstamp on final leaf. Good<br/><br/> On "the wisdom and good policy" of the Whigs' 1848 nomination of Zachary Taylor and Millard Fillmore for the presidency. The pamphlet soothes the wounds of the failed candidates and their supporters: Winfield Scott the "noble old chief who had just carried the eagles of our Republic in triumph over the mountains of Mexico;" Henry Clay "the gallant chivalrous and accomplished statesman of the West;" Webster "the strong towering giant defender of the constitution of the North." <br/> "Circumstances demanded the nomination of another patriotic whig as the standard bearer of our party." Taylor is a man of "TRUTH JUSTICE INTEGRITY FIDELITY and a NOBLE GENEROSITY." In this complicated election the Whigs had to contend not only with the Democrats and their nominee Lewis Cass but also with former President Martin Van Buren and his Free Soil Party. Seeking to hold the votes of anti-slavery Whigs this pamphlet derides Van Buren's last-minute conversion: his record shows a complete subservience to the Slave Power. <br/>Sabin 70526. OCLC 25797641 5 as of March 2018. unknown books
184817436Boston: Eastburn's Press 1848. Stitched 11pp. Scattered foxing blank top margin of title page cut down with no text affected upper blank forecorner chewed. Good. Massachusetts Whigs put forth a valiant but unsuccessful effort in behalf of Daniel Webster's candidacy for the Whig presidential nomination in He is "A man who respecting all the 'arrangements and compromises of the Constitution' and the rights of all under them will yet never suffer them to be extended or increased to the destruction of our political equality." FIRST EDITION. 4 NUC 0070701 2. Not in Sabin Eberstadt Decker Miles. Eastburn's Press unknown books
184834421Bangor 1848. Folio sheet folded to 7-3/4" x 10". Printed on first page only; second page blank; third page with a manuscript letter urging the recipient whose last name is Chandler to campaign vigorously for the Taylor-Whig ticket. Very Good.<br/><br/> A plea to get out the vote for Taylor. "If Gen. Taylor is elected he will be elected by the free and spontaneous action of the people uninfluenced by money or corruption.The signs are auspicious-- all that is wanted is union activity and organization." The printed letter is signed in type by Edward Kent J. Wingate Carr W.P. Wingate Wm. C. Hammatt Geo. W. Ingersoll and Moses L. Appleton. unknown books
184820489Washington 1848. 8pp printed in double columns caption title as issued. Disbound else Very Good. <br/><br/> A scarce 1848 campaign pamphlet attacking Whig presidential candidate Zachary Taylor who "has no political principles and is perfectly ignorant upon political matters." On the burning issue of the Wilmot Proviso-- whether slavery ought to exist in the territories acquired from Mexico-- Taylor is a hypocrite: "At the North he is represented to be in favor of the Wilmot Proviso." But "at the South his advocates contend that he is opposed.because he is a southern man and a slaveholder and therefore identified with southern interests." <br/> A Louisiana slaveholder Taylor surprised everyone after his election when he supported immediate statehood for California with its anti-slavery Constitution. <br/>Wise & Cronin 44 Taylor. Not in Sabin Miles Eberstadt Decker LCP. unknown books
184819495np 1848. 16pp caption title as issued. Tanned several leaves trimmed closely at the fore-edge with slight loss. Good. A rare 1848 campaign pamphlet attacking Taylor and sketching the biography of Lewis Cass a man "of the highest order of talent" who has filled "almost every grade of office from the lowest to the highest and most responsible in the service of his country. From the first start in life he has been a Democrat. He received the first office he ever held from that great apostle of Democracy Thomas Jefferson in 1807." Taylor by contrast is a "spectacle" as a candidate-- lacking any political opinions and without even a political party to which he can claim loyalty. A General in the Mexican War he nevertheless allowed himself to be the candidate of the Whigs "who have sympathised with the public enemy who have traitorously given him 'aid and comfort' who have voted for the disgrace of their country in Congress by alleging that the war was unconstitutionally commenced." FIRST EDITION. Not in Sabin Miles Eberstadt Decker. Not located in NUC or on OCLC. unknown books
18487855Washington 1848. 8pp caption title as issued. Disbound else Very Good. <br/><br/> A rare 1848 Democratic campaign pamphlet defending President Polk's vetoes. The veto power says his supporter Andrew Johnson "was established to enable the people to resist and repel encroachments on their rights." Since the country's founding Presidents have exercised the veto only 25 times. <br/> The document also includes Virginia Congressman Bayly's 1848 speech concurring with Johnson; and "Judge Story's Opinion on the Veto" taken from his Commentaries. <br/>Not in Sabin Eberstadt. OCLC 24637860 1- Lancaster Hist. Soc. 976424705 1- U VA as of January 2021. unknown books
184815121Columbus 1848. 6 2 blanks pp. Caption title as issued disbound. Scattered foxing. Good. <br/><br/> Ohio's Whig State Central Committee seeks to galvanize its lethargic troops for the upcoming presidential election. Zachary Taylor is as one of his letters printed here assures "A WHIG AND SHALL EVER BE DEVOTED IN INDIVIDUAL OPINION TO THE PRINCIPLES OF THAT PARTY." A "decided" Whig he is "not ultra." <br/>FIRST EDITION. Morgan Collection 8256. Not in Sabin Miles Wise & Cronin Taylor Eberstadt Decker. OCLC 1035828858 1- AAS as of January 2021. Apparently the Ohio Historical Society and Western Reserve also own a copy. unknown books
18486729Washington: Towers 1848. 8pp disbound else Very Good with caption title as issued. <br/><br/> A Whig attack on Michigan Senator Cass the Democrats' 1848 presidential nominee. His "love of the people's money" is evidenced by his expense vouchers-- printed here-- as Secretary of Indian Affairs. The failure of the Seminole campaign resulted from his "incompetency" as Secretary of War. He is "an old Federalist who denies his ancestry." <br/> The pamphlet attacks his 'Nicholson Letter' in which for the first time the concept of Popular Sovereignty-- permitting Territorial inhabitants rather than Congress to determine whether slavery should exist there-- was articulated. <br/>Sabin 11350. Streeter MI 612. Towers unknown books
184411033New-York 1844. 16mo. 152 28 adv. pp. Sewn lacks wraps. A bit of chipping at edges. Good to Good. <br/><br/> An attack on the turncoat John Tyler who was the Whig Harrison's Vice President but betrayed the Whig cause after his own accession to the Presidency upon Harrison's death in 1841. The author supports Henry Clay for President. <br/>BAL 11051. AI 44-3548 5. unknown books
184434342Baltimore 1844. Folio printed sheet folded to 8" x 10". Caption title as issued. 1 3 blanks pp. Last page addressed to a man in Westminster Maryland and postmarked Baltimore Oct. 21. Old folds from mailing red seal remnant on last page. Very Good.<br/><br/> Members of the Maryland Democratic State Central Committee pledge "that we are determined in Baltimore to do" all that is necessary for the Polk-Dallas ticket. This includes "the presence of Vigilance Committees at the opening of the Polls and their continuance there until after the counting of the votes." Baltimore was the scene of many riots in the first half of the 19th century political and otherwise.<br/>Not located on OCLC as of December 2017. unknown books
184427020Washington: J. Heart Printer 1844. 4pp folded untrimmed. Lightly worn and dusted else Very Good. <br/><br/> A pro-Polk campaign document centering on the candidates' alleged differences over the Oregon Territory. "Whilst James K. Polk is pledged to retain the whole of this great territory Henry Clay is also pledged to surrender nearly one-half of it to England." The issue in the campaign is simple: "Clay and England on the one side Polk and America on the other. Shall the stars and stripes of the Union or the red cross of St. George wave forever over the Territory of Oregon Shall a republic or a monarchy be established within its limits." Eberstadt unaccountably suggesting an 1845 publication date calls this "a flaming circular.claiming the whole of the territory and apparently everything else from the Amazon River northward to the pole." <br/>110 Eberstadt 225. AI 44-1912 5. Not in Sabin Decker Smith Soliday Graff. J. Heart, Printer unknown books
184415877Washington: Whig Executive Cong. Committee 1844. 16pp. Disbound. Good. A Whig argument for protection from foreign competition explaining the ruinous effects of Free Trade and the necessity to protect mechanics and industrialists alike from the dumping of foreign goods on the United States. The Whig ticket from Clay on down must be supported. FIRST EDITION. AI 44-6587 4. Not in Sabin. Whig Executive Cong. Committee unknown books
184534341Hamilton NY 1845. 1 3 blanks pp. Folded octavo sheet. Illustration of American Flag with "Polk and Dallas" ribbon surrounding it. Light wear and old folds. Very Good. <br/><br/> The invitation lists 24 'Managers' and Clark R. Nash and Alphonso Gilbert as 'Room Managers.' "TICKETS- $125 to be had at the Bar." The ball was to celebrate Polk's recent presidential victory and to commemorate General Andrew Jackson's victory at the Battle of New Orleans on January 8 1815. Annual balls were held throughout the country on January 8th to celebrate this final battle including several in 1845 in New York. <br/> This ball was held at Hamilton Centre in Hamilton Madison County New York. The Managers were prominent Hamilton citizens. Smith John E.: HISTORY OF HAMILTON NEW YORK. Boston History Co.: 1899. unknown books
184429144Washington: Gideon's office 1844. 31 1 Index pp. Caption title as issued. Stitched and untrimmed. Lightly foxed Good. <br/><br/> A Whig presidential campaign pamphlet arraigning Polk and the Democrats as the party of "TEXAS OR DISUNION." Fearing anti-slavery Whigs' defection from their candidate Henry Clay whose waffling on Texas would drive them to the new Liberty Party this document emphasizes Polk's opposition to the Whig program of internal improvements and a protective tariff. "Down with the Tariff is the universal cry of those now advocating the cause of Polk and Texas." <br/>FIRST EDITION. AI 44-6596 5. Sabin 20659 attributing to John L. Dorsey. Not in Miles Eberstadt Decker Streeter TX LCP. Gideon's office unknown books
184015487Albany N.Y. 1840. pp 89-96 large folded folio sheet printed in triple columns. Caption title as issued scattered light foxing Very Good. <br/><br/> An Extra denominated No. 12 from the Rough-Hewer a Democratic Party campaign publication published from February - December The Address supports the Democrats' presidential candidate and New York's favorite son Martin Van Buren against the Whig candidate William Henry Harrison. The Whigs descendants of the aristocratic Federalists are "constantly struggling to create distinctions in society by legislation for the special benefit of individuals and classes thereby throwing into their hands a power and influence strong enough to control the suffrages of the people or set them at defiance." Resolutions and discussion of the issues all presented with great passion ensue. <br/>FIRST EDITION. AI 40-5891 5. Lomazow 392. Not in Mott. unknown books
184034201Washington: Blair & Rives 1840. Folio 8 3/4" x 12". 416pp. Nos. 1-27 of Volume VI; May 16 1840 - October 26 1840 plus No. 27 the final issue recording detailed election results from January 1841. Boards detached endpapers filled with local political tickets. Scattered foxing light wear about Good.<br/><br/> A detailed contemporary report of the 1840 presidential campaign from the perspective of this Democratic publication. It begins with the Democrats' National Convention in Baltimore with the speeches proceedings and Address to the People. A campaign biography of Van Buren the Democrats' candidate and Blair & Rives's as well is included plus discussion of all the issues: slavery abolition internal improvements tariff banks the Whigs' repeatedly referred to as the 'Federal' Party in order to drive home the Democrats' point that the Whigs were descended from the discredited Hartford Convention Federalists muddled program and candidate William Henry Harrison "still shrouded in mystery. Blair & Rives unknown books
184014460Washington: Gideon 1840. Caption title as issued disbound. 16pp. Scattered foxing pinhole knocks out one letter. Good. A very scarce Whig campaign document producing official messages and correspondence exposing the militaristic tendencies of the incumbent Martin Van Buren. Joel Poinsett was Secretary of War at the time. Another issue is entitled 'Plan of the Standing Army.' Not in AI Sabin Eberstadt Decker. 624 NUC 0263455 1. Gideon unknown books
184028873Albany: Rough-Hewer Extra 1840. 8pp folio Extra of this short-lived New York Democratic periodical. Untrimmed and uncut generously margined. A couple of short margin fold splits light foxing. Good or so. <br/><br/> A bombastic essay charging that the Whig Party is like the wolf in sheep's clothing in reality the old Hartford Convention Federalists a bunch of Anglophiles in disguise. Their policies and their conspiratorial "scheme" with England are "dangerous to the purity of legislation hostile to the genius of a free government and directly at war with our constitution."<br/>Not in Sabin or American Imprints. OCLC 37969403 3- NYHS LCP OH Hist. Soc. as of 5/12. Rough-Hewer Extra unknown books
184028018New York: James P. Giffing 1840. 16pp caption title as issued. Disbound. Two full-page cartoon illustrations: 'Harrison and Prosperity' depicting a happy and industrious populace; and 'Van Buren and Ruin' portraying a deeply depressed community with a fat and happy manager of the Sub Treasury Office and an elaborately uniformed Standing Army in the background. Light dusting light scattered foxing. Small tear to one blank corner and two small corner chips no text loss. Good. <br/><br/> Miles attributes authorship to Jacob Bailey Moore the New Hampshire journalist; but Moore so far as I can tell was a Whig not an 'Old Democrat.' Harrison's sturdy character patriotism military service and opposition to Standing Armies in time of peace eminently qualify him for the Presidency. <br/> The Democrat Van Buren author of disastrous banking and economic policies is a Loco-Foco at heart and anti-democratic. "We have had EXPERIMENTS enough; and the next change ought to be a CHANGE OF RULERS."<br/>Miles 138. Sabin 16181. James P. Giffing unknown books
184028849Albany N.Y. 1840. Two folio issues of this short-lived periodical: September 24 and October 15 1840. Caption title printed in three columns per page each issue 8 pages. Untrimmed and uncut widely margined light fox and wear. A few tiny holes in the October issue affecting a couple of letters. Good. <br/><br/> This Democratic periodical supports the Jackson-Van Buren credit and banking program and blasts the Whig William Henry Harrison. Its motto: "New-York must be redeemed." The Rough-Hewer warns of "The great money conspiracy between the British Whigs in England and America. The British Press and the British Fund Mongers are electioneering for Harrison." <br/>AI 40-5891 5. unknown books
