DOCUMENTS RELATING TO THE NEW YORK CONTEST, SHOWING THE CLAIMS OF THE DELEGATION ELECTED BY CONGRESS DISTRICTS, (IN ACCORDANCE WITH PRECEDENT AND USAGE,) TO SEATS IN THE CHARLESTON CONVENTION. NEW YORK, MARCH, 1860.
[New York]: Printed by J.W. Bell, 1860. Large 8vo. 24pp, printed in double columns. Original printed wrappers [front wrap scorched at top and outer margin, light chipping, two small numerical rubberstamps], stitched. Light tanning, minimal edgewear, occasional small spot. Good to Good+.
Rival New York camps compete for places at the upcoming Democratic National Convention. Fernando Wood of New York City allied himself with the pro-slavery South: "Let the south alone. Stand off from her borders. Withhold your encroachments upon her constitutional rights." Thwarting the energetic efforts of Stephen A. Douglas, the State sent two delegations to the National Convention.
Despite New York sentiment favoring Douglas, he "made several trips to New York in the early weeks of 1860 to talk with party leaders, and his agents were constantly on the alert...The Wood delegation won southern support, and Douglas himself was warned that his majority among the delegates might disappear if his nomination should prove unpalatable to the south." Johannsen, Stephen A. Douglas 739.
FIRST EDITION. Sabin 20473. LCP 3049. As of December 2017 OCLC locates eleven copies under several accession numbers. Item #8856
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