Item #22538 SKETCH OF THE ADDRESS OF HON. R.H. GILLET, OF WASHINGTON, D.C., AT THE MASS MEETING OF THE CITIZENS OF LEBANON, NEW YORK. Ransom H. Gillet.

SKETCH OF THE ADDRESS OF HON. R.H. GILLET, OF WASHINGTON, D.C., AT THE MASS MEETING OF THE CITIZENS OF LEBANON, NEW YORK.

Washington: Printed at the Union Office, 1856. 13, [3 blank] pp., [page 13 misnumbered as page 12]. Disbound, minor wear, Very Good.

This scarce campaign pamphlet reviews the qualifications of the three 1856 presidential candidates-- Buchanan the Democrat, Fillmore the Know-Nothing, Fremont the Republican-- and pronounces for Buchanan, who "is ripe in years, and his character is without a blemish." He is eminently qualified by experience for the job.
Fillmore always opposes democratic reforms, like abolition of the United States Bank. He is "the candidate of a party whose strength is derived from secret political organizations, controlled and bound together by oaths which excite feelings of horror on reading them."
Fremont knows nothing about government; his only issue-- the alleged extension of slavery-- is a red herring, for "Mr. Buchanan is no advocate of slavery extension."
OCLC 9376287 [5] as of February 2021. Not in LCP or Sabin. Item #22538

Price: $250.00

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