SPEECH BY E.L. RUSSELL, ELECTOR OF THE FIRST CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT, DELIVERED AT THE OPENING OF THE CAMPAIGN, AT DEER PARK. MR. CHAIRMAN AND FELLOW CITIZENS:...
[Mobile? 1888]. 16pp, stitched. Caption title, as issued. Toned, Good+.
Russell served in the Confederate Army, then practiced law, became general counsel to the Mobile and Ohio Railroad, and was active in post-War Democratic Party politics [National Cyclopedia of American Biography]. Here he endorses the Democratic presidential ticket of Cleveland and Thurman.
This was Grover Cleveland's bid for re-election to the presidency. His victory in 1884 was the Democrats' first since the War. His actions and accomplishments rebutted "the dire disasters that the Republicans prophesied would overtake our common country...The Constitution, including all the Amendments, have been scrupulously and reverently observed." Indeed, "our colored citizens" have fared well "as a race under Mr. Cleveland's administration." Russell supports the ticket's call for a reduction of tariffs and taxation.
Not located in Owen or on OCLC. Item #27530
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