CIRCULATE. ] PUBLISHED UNDER AUTHORITY OF THE NATIONAL AND JACKSON DEMOCRATIC ASSOCIATION COMMITTEE. THE VETO POWER: ITS ORIGINS AND OBJECTS. EXTRACT FROM A SPEECH OF THE HON. ANDREW JOHNSON, OF TENNESSEE, IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, AUGUST 2, 1848.
[Washington: 1848]. 8pp, caption title [as issued]. Disbound, else Very Good. 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..... More