ATTENTION, DEMOCRATS! DO YOU INTEND TO VOTE THE MONGREL, HERMAPHRODITE TICKET BROUGHT OUT BY THE PACKED CONVENTION ON TUESDAY?. . . DO YOU INTEND TO ELECT A POLITICAL BLONDIN WHOM, THE PROVOST MARSHAL ASSURES YOU, HAD FEDERAL BAYONETS SENT TO THE POLLS IN '63 TO SECURE HIS ELECTION? FOR SHAME! CAN YOU SO SOON FORGET THE HUMILIATING DEGRADATION OF THE PAST, AND FAWNINGLY LICK THE HAND THAT SMITES YOU? WHERE'S YOUR MANHOOD? WHERE'S YOUR INDEPENDENCE. . . LET ALL TRUE DEMOCRATS CAST THEIR BALLOTS ON WEDNESDAY NEXT, IN FAVOR OF A CONVENTION AND THE INDEPENDENT CANDIDATES OF THE UNTERRIFIED DEMOCRACY, AND LET THE HYBRIDS SLIDE. FIRST DISTRICT. APRIL 8TH, 1867.
[Baltimore? 1867. 8"x 11" broadside, printed in bold type sizes and fonts. Blank verso with many early repairs. Viewing the recto: portions of two blank lines show abrasions without text loss; repairs not visible. Good+. Blondin, a famous contemporary tightrope walker, crossed "the gorge below Niagara Falls on a tightrope..... More