ADDRESS TO THE DEMOCRACY AND THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES, BY THE NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. by [Election of 1860]: : David M. Lesser, Fine Antiquarian Books LLC : Specializing in the social, political, and cultural history of the Americas.

[Election of 1860]:

ADDRESS TO THE DEMOCRACY AND THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES, BY THE NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.

M'Gill & Witherow, Washington: 1860 16pp. Disbound, lightly age toned. Very Good. The Democrats' tumultuous convention of 1860-- protracted over two months, convening in Charleston and [after a Southern walkout] recessing and reconvening in Baltimore-- presaged the destruction of the National Democratic Party, the only remaining national political institution. Breckinridge and the Southern Democrats, calling themselves the 'National' Democratic Party, here mount an all-out attack on Stephen A. Douglas, the candidate of the Northern Democrats. Douglas's only difference with Lincoln is "in making insidious, instead of open, war upon the South." Douglas's Popular Sovereignty doctrine and his opposition to Slave Codes to protect slaveowners in the Territories disregard the Dred Scott decision. The text of the pamphlet was also printed in Washington, without an imprint. Bartlett 41. Sabin 414. Not in Eberstadt, Decker, Blockson, LCP.

Book Id: 27627

Price: $275.00

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