SPEECH OF CARL SCHURZ, DELIVERED AT VERANDAH HALL, ST. LOUIS, AUG. 1, 1860.
[St. Louis: Missouri Democrat Book and Job Office, 1860]. 12pp, caption title [as issued], disbound. Good+.
The German-American Schurz was important in securing the loyalty of German immigrants to the Republican Party and preventing Missouri's secession. This scarce Speech supports Abraham Lincoln's campaign for the Presidency.
Schurz denounces the Slave Power for opposing "that perfect freedom of inquiry" which prevails in the North and produces a beehive of constructive activity. Slaveholders require suppression of dissent and the strictest subordination of all considerations save the perpetuation of slavery. The "appalling solitude" of their views in the modern world increasingly isolates them. He urges Missouri men to support Free Labor, vote Republican, and avoid a self-destructive alliance with the South.
FIRST EDITION. Sabin 78043. Not in Blockson, Bartlett, Work, Dumond, Monaghan. LCP 9194 [DC ed.]. Item #40069
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