LETTER OF AN ADOPTED CATHOLIC, ADDRESSED TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE KENTUCKY DEMOCRATIC ASSOCIATION OF WASHINGTON CITY, ON TEMPORAL ALLEGIANCE TO THE POPE, AND THE RELATIONS OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH AND CATHOLICS, BOTH NATIVE AND ADOPTED, TO THE SYSTEM OF DOMESTIC SLAVERY AND ITS AGITATION IN THE UNITED STATES. THE SPEECH OF HON. W.R. SMITH, OF ALABAMA..."ON THE AMERICAN PARTY AND ITS MISSION," REVIEWED.
[Washington: 1856]. 8pp, caption title [as issued]. Disbound, mild toning. Good+. An insightful critique of the common political base shared by the Republican and Know-Nothing Parties, and their members' similar deplorable voting patterns. "The higher law doctrine of the Republicans" produced the political climate that permits Know-Nothings to disregard foreign-born..... More