THE GREAT ISSUE NOW BEFORE THE PEOPLE, WITH REMARKS UPON ITS MERITS, AND CLAIMS UPON THE SERIOUS CONSIDERATION OF THE WELL-WISHERS OF OUR COUNTRY.

Philadelphia: 1856. 24pp, disbound, three small binding holes in blank left margin. Two early signatures of Wm. Thompson Shafer on title page. Light spotting throughout. About Good+.

This scarce pamphlet says the "great issue" is whether "Slavery shall be allowed to overspread a territory of greater extent than that of the whole United States," and "whether the policy of our government is to continue to be that of Slavery Extension, or Slavery Restriction." All the power of the presidency is "being used to force the withering and blighting scourge of Slavery upon the National domain." Pursuing this tyrannical course, our government "shall lend its aid in striking a deathblow to the freedom of speech, the liberty of the press, and the security for life, personal liberty, possession, and peace."
LCP 4300. OCLC 22829199 [4- LCP, No. IL U, Haverford, Detroit Pub. Lib.] as of April 2017. Item #33708

Price: $250.00

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