Election of 1848:

THE TRUE WHIG SENTIMENT GEN. TAYLOR'S TWO ALISON LETTERS. BATON ROUGE, APRIL 22, 1848.

[Boston: Eastburn's Press, 1848]. [4] pp. Folded bifolium. Very Good.

A scarce Whig 1848 campaign pamphlet prints Taylor's letters assuring wary northerners that this Louisiana planter and slaveowner could be trusted with the Nation's destiny. Taylor says he is "not engaged to lay violent hands indiscriminately upon public officers, good or bad, who may differ in opinion with me. I am not expected to force Congress, by the coercion of the veto, to pass laws to suit me, or pass none. I would not be a partisan President." He says, "I am a Whig, but not an ultra Whig."
Not in Sabin, Eberstadt, Decker, Miles. OCLC records four locations under several accession numbers as of April 2022. Item #38209

Price: $275.00