SPEECH...ON THE PUBLIC EXPENDITURES, THE PRESIDENCY, &C., DELIVERED IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, AUGUST 23, 1852. WITH AN APPENDIX, CONTAINING THE LETTER OF HON. JAMES SHIELDS, ADDRESSED TO A COMMITTEE OF HIS FELLOW-CITIZENS, AT GALENA, ILL.
Washington: 1852. 15pp, folded, untrimmed and uncut. Tanned and light to moderate wear. Good+. A New York Democrat, Dean details the profligacy of the Whig Administration of Millard Fillmore and the inadequacy of that Party's candidate, Winfield Scott, in the upcoming presidential contest. The letter from Senator Shields attributes the..... More