Die nationale Politik. Flugblatt n.4, and 9 other pamphlets,

(Slavery.) LINCOLN (Abraham)

Die nationale Politik. Flugblatt n.4, and 9 other pamphlets,

Description: (see detailed descriptions below) in German, first editions thus, 4 of which printed by Buell & Blanchard in Washington, D.C., and 6 issued by the 'New-Yorker Demokrat', Gothic letter, mostly double column, all in very good condition, several unopened, uniform slight age browning (as usual) or very minor foxing, one with couple of small light water stains, several stitched as issued, else unbound

Publication Details: 1860

Notes: 1. Hickman (John) Der Sektionalismus des Südens. [The Sectionalism of the South.] pp. [1]-8, 8vo. Only JHU and Brown (Hay) copies recorded in the US. Comparing the historical and current status of the North and South of the U.S., concerning commerce and political representation. Hickman (1810-75) was a member of the House of Representatives for Pennsylvania's 6th Congressional District (1855-63).2. Hickman (John) Wer hat die Verträge gebrochen? [Who Violated Compromises?] pp. [1]-7, [1], 8vo. Only AAS, UCB, Brown (Hay) and Delaware copies recorded in the US. On the attempts of President Buc...more1. Hickman (John) Der Sektionalismus des Südens. [The Sectionalism of the South.] pp. [1]-8, 8vo. Only JHU and Brown (Hay) copies recorded in the US. Comparing the historical and current status of the North and South of the U.S., concerning commerce and political representation. Hickman (1810-75) was a member of the House of Representatives for Pennsylvania's 6th Congressional District (1855-63).2. Hickman (John) Wer hat die Verträge gebrochen? [Who Violated Compromises?] pp. [1]-7, [1], 8vo. Only AAS, UCB, Brown (Hay) and Delaware copies recorded in the US. On the attempts of President Buchanan to curb escalating tension between pro-slavery and anti-slavery groups. 3. Seward (W.H.) Der Zustand des Landes. [The State of the Country.] pp. [1]-16, 8vo. Only NYPL, Brown (Hay) and UCB copies recorded in the US. An articulate discussion of slavery in the South, since the late 18th century. W.H. Seward (1801-72) was at the time a member of the U.S. Senate, renowned for his incendiary anti-slavery rhetoric.4. Sumner (Charles) Die Barbarei der Sklaverei. [The Barbarism of Slavery.] pp. [1]-40, 8vo. Only Huntington and Brown (Hay) copies recorded in the US. A broad geographical and economic comparative discussion on states then reliant on slavery, on the occasion of the bill for the admission of Kansas to the Federation. Sumner (1811-74) was a member of the U.S. Senate for the state of Massachusetts. One of the most fiery critics of slavery, he was severely beaten with a cane by a congressman at the Senate after an anti-slavery speech.5. Washburne (E.B.) Abraham Lincoln's Leben und Wirken. [Abraham Lincoln's Life and Works.] pp. [1]-8, 8vo. Monaghan, J. Lincoln, 3743. JHU, NYHS, Brown (Hay), Boston Athenaeum, Huntington and Illinois copies recorded in the US. A summary of Lincoln's life, work and political achievements, as Republican candidate for 1860. Washburne (1816-87), a congressman from Illinois, was a great supporter of African American civil rights and suffrage. 6. Grow (Galusha) Das Heimstätte-Gesetz. Flugblatt N.2. [Free Homes for Free Men.] pp.[1]-9, [3], last 3pp. of advertisements, 8vo. Only Huntington, Yale and Virginia copies recorded in the US. On the Homestead Act of 1862, which made government land available to independent farmers, against the interest of wealthy slave-owners. Congressman Grow (1823-1907) left the Democratic for the Republican Party in the mid-1850s, on matters concerning the former's support of slavery.7. Seward (W.H.) Der unvermeidliche Kampf. [The Irrepressible Conflict.] [followed by] Doolittle (James R.). Staaten-Rechte und das Obergericht. [State Rights and the Supreme Court.] Flugblatt N.3, pp. [1]-10, [2], last 2pp. of advertisements, 8vo. Only Rochester copy recorded in the US. Seward (1801-72), from New York, was at the time a member of the U.S. Senate, where he delivered this speech in 1858. He was renowned for his incendiary opposition of slavery. Doolittle (1815-97), a U.S. Senator from Wisconsin, was a great supporter of Lincoln; his speech is concerned with the judicial system. 8. Lincoln (Abraham) Die nationale Politik. Flugblatt N.4. [National Politics.] pp. [1]-9, [3], last 3pp. of advertisements, 8vo. Monaghan, J. Lincoln, 3740 [this copy is in its earlier state, hence printed before the Republican convention in May]. CHM, Western Reserve, LC, Brown (Hay), Iowa and Huntington copies recorded in the US. A translation of Lincoln's famous Cooper Institute speech of 27 February 1860, decrying the potential expansion of slavery into the western territories as going against the original beliefs of the Founding Fathers. 9. Wilson (Henry) Die Führer der demokratischen Partei für die Auslösung der Union. Flugblatt N.5. [Democratic Leaders for Disunion or Territorial Slave Code.] pp. [1]-15, [1], last page of advertisements, 8vo. Only Huntington copy recorded in the US. On slavery, with quotes from other congressmen's speeches on this topic. Wilson (1812-75) was a U.S. Senator from Massachusetts and one of the greatest opponents of 'Slave Power' or Slavocracy, i.e., the power of the slave-owners' lobby over governance decisions.10. Lovejoy (Owen) Das Verbrechen der Sklaverei. Flugblatt N.6. [The Barbarism of Slavery.] pp. [1]-10, [2], last 2pp. of advertisements, 8vo. Only Brown (Hay) and Huntington copies recorded in the US. On slavery, with questions from other congressmen during his speech. Lovejoy (1811-64) was a Republican congressman from Illinois, a Congregational minister and abolitionist. HIDE

Bibliography: (F.C. Luebke, 'German Immigrants and American Politics', in Germans in America: Retrospect and Prospect (Philadelphia, 1984), pp.57-74)