A group of two (2) anti-Democratic Party pamphlets directly addressing the issue of slavery. Works include: 

1. The New “Democratic” Doctrine. Slavery not to be Confined to the Negro Race, but to be Made the Universal Condition of the Laboring Classes of Society. New York: John W. Oliver for the Young Men's Fremont and Dayton Central Union, [1856]. 

8vo, 4 pages. With full-page map titled "Freedom and Slavery, and the Coveted Territories." Caption title. Dumond p. 119; Sabin 52587. 

Several variants of the same circular were printed, including a German edition (Sabin 52587). Others with the same title, but with textual and typographical differences (only 2 pages), lacking imprint information, and without a map, are addressed to voters in specific states, including Rhode Island, New York, and Maine. We found no other copies of this issue with a New York imprint and map. 

A political election pamphlet that vehemently speaks against James Buchanan and champions John C. Fremont and Free Labor. It condemns the institution of slavery and the concessions that the North has had to make to the Southern states before narrowing in on the "odious views" of Buchanan. It goes on to speak on the continuing crisis in Kansas and the Democrats' desire to also enslave the white lower classes. 

The forceful text reads in part: "In a recent speech by Mr. Reynolds, Pierce-Buchanan-Democratic candidate for Congress form Missouri, that gentleman distinctly asserted that - 'the same construction of the power of Congress to exclude Slavery from a United States Territory, would justify the Government in excluding foreign-born citizens - GERMANS AND IRISH AS WELL AS NI----S.' Here a Missouri Democrat classes GERMANS and IRISH indiscriminately with NEGRO SLAVES." 

2. Owen Lovejoy. The Fanaticism of the Democratic Party. Speech of Hon. Owen Lovejoy, of Illinois. Delivered in the U. S. House of Representatives. February 21, 1859. Washington D.C.: Buell & Blanchard, 1860.

8vo, 8 pages. Caption title, wrappers. Second edition. LCP, Afro-Americana 6082.

Very scarce speech by Owen Lovejoy (1811-1864), an abolitionist, Underground Railroad conductor, Republican congressman, and friend of Abraham Lincoln. His brother, Elijah P. Lovejoy (1802-1837), was a newspaperman and ardent supporter of the abolitionist cause who was murdered by a pro-slavery mob in 1837. 

Here, the younger Lovejoy writes a forceful and emphatic denunciation of the fanatical fire-eating pro-slavery factions. He concludes his castigation: "Thou invisible demon of Slavery, dost thou think to cross my humble threshold, and forbid me to give bread to the hungry and shelter to the houseless! I BID YOU DEFIANCE IN THE NAME OF MY GOD!"

SCARCE. Only one copy sold since 1914. OCLC locates only 17 copies. 

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Lovejoy - outer bifolium pages separted at hinge.