TO THE PEOPLE OF NORTH CAROLINA.
Reidsville [NC]: 1850. Folio broadside, 11-1/8" x 16-3/4." Printed in four columns beneath caption title. Signed in type at the end, "David S. Reid. Reidsville, June 28th, 1850." Light spotting, Very Good.
Reid won this election to become North Carolina's Governor. He served in that capacity from 1851-1854, and was then elected to the U.S. Senate. A faithful Democrat, he supports Jacksonian banking policies, and the expansion of Slavery into the national territories acquired from Mexico. In local affairs he advocates the elimination of property qualifications for white males' exercise of the suffrage.
Reid accuses Northern States of violating the Missouri Compromise "by demands incompatible with the interests, the safety, and the honor of the Southern States. The Territory of the United States was acquired by the common blood and common treasure of all the States." Barring Slavery from those Territories -- as well as the North's persistent flouting of Fugitive Slave laws -- violates "every principle of justice and equality." But the recently convened Nashville Convention, which issued an early call for Secession, does not have his support. He pleads for "wise and salutary counsels" instead of disunion.
Thornton 11634. Hummel 1568. OCLC 24289611 [2- Duke, UNC] as of June 2020. Not located at the online AAS site. Item #36893
Price: $1,500.00