![Item #7855 CIRCULATE. ] PUBLISHED UNDER AUTHORITY OF THE NATIONAL AND JACKSON DEMOCRATIC ASSOCIATION COMMITTEE. THE VETO POWER: ITS ORIGINS AND OBJECTS. EXTRACT FROM A SPEECH OF THE HON. ANDREW JOHNSON, OF TENNESSEE, IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, AUGUST 2, 1848. Election of 1848.](https://lesserbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/7855.jpg?width=768&height=1000&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1618842722)
CIRCULATE. ] PUBLISHED UNDER AUTHORITY OF THE NATIONAL AND JACKSON DEMOCRATIC ASSOCIATION COMMITTEE. THE VETO POWER: ITS ORIGINS AND OBJECTS. EXTRACT FROM A SPEECH OF THE HON. ANDREW JOHNSON, OF TENNESSEE, IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, AUGUST 2, 1848.
[Washington: 1848]. 8pp, caption title [as issued]. Disbound, else Very Good.
A rare 1848 Democratic campaign pamphlet defending President Polk's vetoes. The veto power, says his supporter Andrew Johnson, "was established to enable the people to resist and repel encroachments on their rights." Since the country's founding, Presidents have exercised the veto only 25 times.
The document also includes Virginia Congressman Bayly's 1848 speech, concurring with Johnson; and "Judge Story's Opinion on the Veto," taken from his Commentaries.
Not in Sabin, Eberstadt. OCLC 24637860 [1- Lancaster Hist. Soc.], 976424705 [1- U VA] as of January 2021. Item #7855
Price: $275.00