copperheads (9 risultati)

Condizione: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condizione: New.

Condizione: New.

Condizione: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condizione: Excellent. A forceful anti-emancipation letter sent from western Illinois during the second year of the Civil War. Written nine months after the Emancipation Proclamation took effect and only weeks after the Union victories at Gettysburg and Vicksburg, the letter captures the views of a Northern Democrat who supported the war for preservation of the Union but regarded both emancipation and the expansion of executive power under Lincoln as unconstitutional departures from the principles of the Founding generation. After briefly discussing his health and employment as a bookkeeper at a steam mill, Rausern turns to politics, contrasting Illinois with Massachusetts and launching into a lengthy denunciation of abolitionists, whom he accuses of urging others into military service while themselves avoiding personal sacrifice: "We are not going to have a draft in Illinois this time, having an excess of 8,151 yet credited to us on the next if there should be another call. That is not a bad contrast for us by the side of the Abolition State of Massachusetts that has always howled, yet done but little fight. Abolition always did mean 40 miles from any fight. Look at the Cowardly Scoundrel of the New York Independent. Wanted a draft, and all men hung & quartered that was not in favor of said draft, 'But', what did he do, when drafted. Skulked and did not want to pay or fight. That is the way with Wendell Phillips, Owen Lovejoy, Wm. Lloyd Garrison & all of the ranting Abolitionists. When it comes to the test they want someone else to do the fighting." The letter articulates a position common among Northern War Democrats during 1863: support for military action against secession coupled with opposition to emancipation. Rausern writes: "I was in for the war and the Govt. until said Govt. made the Abolition Proclamation, then I said fight all of you Negro loving ones, I am not of that class. Some may say that it was a military necessity. That is all nonsense and no one that is well informed will say so. Previous to that the North was united, the South divided. Now vice versa." He continues with an extended constitutional critique of Lincoln's wartime policies, particularly the suspension of habeas corpus, arguing that "the President being the Executive, not the Legislative part of our Govt., has no right to do it", and that Congress could not delegate that power: "The old Fool thinks that it is a political necessity, not a military one. I am for the Constitution and the Govt. as it was left to us by our Revolutionary fathers and for it if needs be will sacrifice life & fortune for its defence & support." Rausern concludes by attacking the abolitionist leader Wendell Phillips, repeating contemporary accusations that Phillips had spent years seeking to undermine the Constitution and the Union itself: "But it looks gloomy when such men as Wendell Phillips is cited to as models of Patriots, that makes his boast that he has laboured 19 years to break up this Govt. and that the Constitution is a compact of death and in league with Devils. This is not idle talk, it is language that he used in the Smithsonian Institute in Washington, and that Negro visaged Vice Pres't Hamlin cheered him when he said it. He repeated the same language in Cincinnati, Ohio and got rotten egged for his treasonable statements. The West is not of that kind, notwithstanding the cry of Copper-head of Abolition New England. We are for whipping Southern traitors and Northern Abolitionists, for they are alike guilty of treason." Overall the letter expresses Midwestern Democratic opposition to emancipation and wartime executive power, written from the home front as the political consensus that had initially sustained the Union war effort was fracturing. Autograph letter signed, A. J. Rausern, four pages, 5 x 8 inches.

Lithograph broadside, 12-3/4" x 13-1/2." Signed Harley Del. in small letters at the lower left of the cartoon. A few spots at the blank upper margin, mounting remnants on the verso. Very Good. "An emotionally charged condemnation of the Copperheads or Peace Democrats and their support of reconciliation with the Confederacy. In a scene at a polling place an old man (right) is approached by a "Copperhead" vote distributor, who thrusts a ticket at him, saying, "Here is an old Jackson Democrat who always votes a straight ticket." The older man angrily replies, "I despise you more than I hate the rebel who sent his bullet through my dead son's heart! You miserable creature! Do you expect me to dishonor my poor boy's memory, and vote for men who charges American soldiers, fighting for their country, with being hirelings and murderers?" A bespectacled man watches the scene from behind the ballot box. "The narration and dialogue for the episode are provided in the lower margin" [Reilly]. Reilly 1864.42. Weitenkampf 145. OCLC 825940397 [1- Lib. Cong.], 46357357 [1- U VA] as of February 2024.

Lithograph broadside, oblong 12-1/4" x 13-1/2" [image]. Fine, in a wood frame. "This biting political caricature responds to a presidential campaign held during the American Civil War. A "Copperhead" is surrounded by a "Blunderhead," a "Sorehead," a "Blockhead" and a "Wronghead," with broken shackles below. Behind the group "McClellan's Letter," "Chicago Platform," and "London Times" are depicted. "The image criticizes a Northern political faction active 1861-64 known as the Copperheads, whose members favored the Union but opposed Lincoln and the Civil War. The print responds to McClellan's nomination as Democratic candidate for president, and attempts to reconcile his military service with the party's peace platform. Currier & Ives name does not appear on the print, but scholars of Civil War era satires linked it to the firm" [online site, Metropolitan Museum of Art]. The Copperhead at the center is Horatio Seymour, Governor of New York, a leading opponent of the Lincoln administration and a sympathizer with the New York City Draft Rioters. He became the Democrats' presidential candidate in 1868, on a ticket proclaiming the Democrats as the "White Man's Party." He has the body of a curled snake. Weitenkampf 144. OCLC 1136527768 [1- AAS], 46365454 [2- MA Hist., U VA] as of February 2024. The Historical Society of Pennsylvania and the Met also own a copy. Not in Reilly.

First Edition. Franklin Pierce remained politically active upon his return to New Hampshire following his presidency, advocating for the Democratic cause and generally opposing the Civil War and Lincoln's policies. This scarce pro-Union anti-slavery broadside, printed for the 1863 New Hampshire elections which happened March 12, takes aim at Pierce and his fellow Democrats, repeating the unfounded claim first made in 1862 by William Seward that Pierce belonged to the secret Knights of the Golden Circle, the secret society formed with the goal of forming a new territory out of the CSA, Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean. There was never evidence that Pierce had any involvement in the KGC, though the society had members in southern parts of some Union states such as Indiana, Ohio, Illinois, and Missouri. The broadside, printed for the March 12 elections, quotes heavily from Pierce as well as the other Democrat candidates and party officials who were either running for office in New Hampshire or involved in politics, a group which included Ira Eastman, John Goerge, Josiah Minot, Thomas Treadwell, Daniel Marcy, William Burns and George Stevens. The broadside includes an engraving of coiled snakes, each with these politicians named, and the caption "et id omne genus." Eastman, the Democratic candidate for governor, won the popular vote but lacked the constitutional majority necessary for election. Marcy was successful in his bid for the First District. "Men of New Hampshire!," the broadside asks: "Will you Vote the Ticket Made up by Such Men?," with the final line imploring to "Please paste up in a Conspicuous Place." Overall an uncommon survival from the 1863 elections. A very good copy with some light toning, small closed tear at upper magin, light foxing at upper margin, very tiny spot of loss to illustration at fold. Quite scarce, with OCLC locating two copies only, at the Huntington Library and the New York Historical Society. Printed broadside, 16 ½ x 11 ½ inches, archivally mounted and matted. A very good copy with some light toning, small closed tear at upper margin, light foxing at upper margin, very tiny spot of loss to illustration at fold.

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. This is a true and accurate copy of the original historic pamphlet. It has not be edited or altered in any fashion. It may seem bizarre and you may question why it was written and formatted in this fashion. Those are good questions which no one can answer, except to say this was the style of writing in the 1860s and it made perfect sense at the time. In the 1860s there was a group of Democrats mostly in Illinois, who vehemently opposed the civil war and despised President Abraham Lincoln's actions to free the slaves. They were known as the Copperheads. They were against what they claimed was Lincoln's war to prevent secession of the southern states and they were highly distressed at the economic damage the Civil War was causing to the Southern states. They also detested President Lincoln for declaring martial law and suspending habeas corpus. The final blow for many Democrats was Lincoln's Proclamation emancipating the slaves. This exceedingly rare pamphlet printed and distributed by Democrats in an effort to damage President Abraham Lincoln; depicts him making a contract with the Devil to be anointed the King of the United States. This pamphlet provides a rare opportunity to read and understand cutting political satire at a time when the country was being reduced to bloody fragments and faced the very real possibility of disintegrating the Union. Today, the vast majority do not realize that Lincoln was a Republican and the forces who desired to maintain slavery were the primarily southern Democrats. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.