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This campaign broadside outlines the political views and compares the public records of George H. Pendleton of Ohio and Andrew Johnson of Tennessee.
“Past experience shows that the choice of Vice-President of the United States is almost as important as that of President. In case the latter dies or becomes unable to perform the duties of his office, they devolve upon the former. In 1840 General Harrison was elected President and John Tyler Vice-President. Within two months after the Inauguration General Harrison died, and John Tyler became President of the United States, and completely reversed the policy he had been chosen to carry out. In 1848 General Taylor, the hero of Buena Vista, was elected President, and Millard Fillmore Vice-President.”
[Andrew Johnson]. Broadside, [1864], “Who Shall Be Vice-President? / Shall He Be A Loyal Or A Disloyal Man?” The National Union Executive Committee, Astor House, New York, NY.
Inventory #21926.01 $750
Lincoln vs. McClellan – 1864 Campaign Platforms
Courting votes, including immigrants’
[LINCOLN, ABRAHAM]. Matching pair of Broadsides, [1864], “The Platforms,” in English. 9½ x 12”. “Die Platformen,” in German. 9¾ x 11¾”. 2 pp. total.
Inventory #21926.02-03 $2,250
Lincoln reelection campaign broadsides with the Republican (Lincoln-Johnson) and Democratic (McClellan-Pendleton) platforms, followed by a side-by-side analysis of “Points of Difference.” Printed separately in English and German.
Partial Transcript:
Republican platform excerpt: “Resolved, That, as Slavery was the cause, and now constitutes the strength, of this rebellion, and as it must be always and everywhere hostile to the principles of republican government, justice and the national safety demand its utter and complete extirpation from the soil of the republic; and that we uphold and maintain the acts and proclamations by which the Government, in its own defense, has aimed a death-blow at this gigantic evil. We are in favor, furthermore, of such an amendment to the Constitution, to be made by the people in conformity with its provisions, as shall terminate and forever prohibit the existence of Slavery within the limits of the jurisdiction of the United States….
Resolve: That the foreign immigration, which in the past has added so much to the wealth and development of resources and increase of power to this nation, the asylum of the repressed of all nations, should be fostered and encouraged by a liberal and just policy….”
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