AN APPEAL TO THE PEOPLE OF THE NORTH.
[Louisville: Hanna & Co., Printers, 1861]. 16pp. Caption title [as issued]. Stitched, Very Good.
This is the first edition of the Appeal, reprinted four additional times in early 1861, "to lend your influence in staying the storm that is sweeping to ruin both our social fabric and our political existence."
Sabin identifies the author, who calls himself "A Voice from Kentucky," as William Coleman. He writes from Louisville in January 1861, after secession of "several States," with other States "on the eve of severing their connection with the Federal Government." Northern disregard of the Fugitive Slave Act, and northern treatment of southerners as moral pariahs, have caused the crisis. He seeks help from "Conservative Brethren of the North. . . in rolling back the tide of Black Republican fanaticism."
At the bottom of page 16, in bold type: "Merchants and others wishing to send this Appeal to their friends and correspondents, can procure copies at the rate of $1 per hundred, or $10 per thousand, on application to HANNA & CO., Printers. . ."
FIRST EDITION. LCP 637. Bartlett 160. Sabin 1783a [not identifying edition]. Not in Coleman, Decker, Eberstadt, Nevins. Item #40644
Price: $750.00