ELECTORS OF THE WESTERN DISTRICT! READ AND CONSIDER!!! AT A MEETING OF GENTLEMEN OF THE WHIG PARTY, AND OF CITIZENS GENERALLY, FAVORABLE TO THE ELECTION OF HON. WILKINS UPDIKE, FOR CONGRESS, HELD AT KINGSTON COURT HOUSE, AUG. 11, 1847

[South Kingston RI], 1847. 12-1/2" x 19," printed broadside. Narrow portions of blank margins toned. Old folds. Very Good, with a cut of runaway slaves.

Printed in three columns, this scarce broadside emphasizes its anti-slavery position with cuts of three runaway slaves. Its Whig authors denounce the War with Mexico as "unjust and wicked . . . But it was not merely the amount of public money squandered in this war, it was not even the great danger to the liberties of the country from the enormous and unconstitutional powers claimed by the President, and from the system of corruption which prevailed in administration - - there was a more momentous consideration than even all these - that was the object for which the war was carried on - the EXTENSION of SLAVERY!!"
The text continues with passionate exhortations to its readers, denouncing the "inhuman system of slavery," endorsing the election of Updike, and opposing his rival, Democratic Governor Thurston who, "however much he may profess to dislike war and slavery, must, if he goes to Washington, vote with his party.".
OCLC 58787939 [3- NYHS, AAS, Williams], 1284917802 [1- DLC] as of January 2023. Not located at online sites of Brown University and University of Rhode Island.