Schurz, Maj.-Gen. Carl:

"FOR THE GREAT EMPIRE OF LIBERTY, FORWARD!" SPEECH...OF WISCONSIN, DELIVERED AT CONCERT HALL, PHILADELPHIA, ON FRIDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 16, 1864.

New York: Union Congressional Committee. Printed by John A. Gray & Green, 1864. 16pp, stitched, Very Good.

Schurz had great influence among German-American voters, a key component of the Republican coalition. Here, not unexpectedly, he blasts the southern traitors and Democratic collaborationists, and lauds the Republicans and Lincoln. Sabin says this speech was also published in German.
Sabin 78031. Item #28871

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