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Albany: Albany Atlas-Extra-, 1848. 32pp, printed in double columns. Caption title [as issued]. Disbound, else Very Good. This historic Convention, precursor to the Free Soil Party's nomination in June of Martin Van Buren, was chaired by his son John. It was a gathering of New York Democrats who opposed the Deep South's domination of their Party, after the Mexican Cession had brought the question of slavery in the territories to the forefront of national politics. Proclaiming that they will no longer be "the abettors of human slavery," the delegates praise the Wilmot Proviso, which would bar slavery from the new Territories; and they adopt a platform blending Free Soil principles with traditional Democratic stances favoring free trade and opposing monopolies and the national bank. FIRST EDITION. LCP 3054. Not in Sabin, Dumond, Blockson, Work, Weinstein. OCLC shows a number of institutional locations.

New York, 1854. Very good.. Letterpress broadside, 14.5 x 9.25 inches, printed in three columns. Old folds, minor toning along fold lines, small loss just below center horizontal fold costing a few words, expertly repaired on verso, a couple of tiny areas of loss along center horizontal fold just touching a few letters. Overall a nice broadside with important content. A powerful statement against the proliferation of slavery in the United States by the Free Soil Party of New York (here calling itself the "Free Democracy"), and an absolutely full-throated condemnation of both the Kansas-Nebraska Act and the political actors who worked for its passage. The text is signed in type at the end by John P. Hale, Hiram Barney, and John Jay (grandson of the famous first Chief Justice of the United States and second governor of New York), as the "Committee appointed by the State Convention of the Free Democracy." The text of the address is consumed with the passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854, which had… Leer más

[Hartford?], 1848. Broadside, 8-1/4" x 13-5/8. Light margin wear. 'Released' rubberstamp of Connecticut Historical Society on blank verso. Very Good. The Meeting voted to offer these Proceedings "for publication to the Hartford Courant, the Hartford Times and the Charter Oak." Dated and signed in type at the end, "Samuel N. Reid, Secretary. David Hale, Chairman. Suffield, July 8th, 1848." This rare broadside records the historic beginnings of the Free Soil Party, the precursor to the Republicans. The end of the Mexican War brought a divisive question to the forefront of American political life: Would the Territories acquired from Mexico be Slave or Free? Many Northern Democrats and Whigs, fearful that the "Slave Power" controlled their Parties, experienced "deep and grave dissatisfaction." "Gen. Cass is the supple tool of Slave-holders and Slavery extensionists... Gen. Taylor is also opposed to the restriction of the limits of Slavery,-- and therefore we dare not trust either of them with the… Leer más