SIR, THE FRIENDS OF THE PRESENT NATIONAL ADMINISTRATION OF THE GENERAL GOVERNMENT IN THE COUNTY OF CUMBERLAND COMPOSED BOTH OF FEDERAL AND DEMOCRATIC REPUBLICANS, HAVING EXPRESSED THEIR VIEWS AND WISHES IN RELATION TO THE APPROACHING ELECTION...
[Maine: 1826]. Folio sheet, folded to 8" x 9-1/2". One printed page, followed by three blanks. Addressed on final blank, with folds for mailing and remnant of wax seal, to William Thomas of Gorham, Maine. Spotted, Good or so.
The document is signed in type at the end by Committee Members Daniel Gilbert, Thomas Browne, and Ethan Earle. It is dated in ink, "Sept. 5th 1826." The Committee urges Maine "to send forth from our state an unequivocal voice in favor of the Head of the National Government," by voting for Adams supporters Enoch Lincoln [Governor], Stephen Longfellow [Congress], and other members of the State ticket.
Allusions to the bitter 1824 presidential contest are numerous; the wounds inflicted by that campaign are obviously still open: "We have placed the man of our choice at the head of our government." If "we abandon him to the rude tempest of a bitter opposition, how shall we answer it to our consciences and our country?... What then has the President done that we should leave him to his enemies?... We do not profess one thing and intend another-- we do not cry 'Adams' but mean 'Crawford'..."
Not located on OCLC as of November 2017. Item #34420
Price: $175.00