Candidate Peace Platform (1 results)
Published by For Sale by the AMERICAN NEWS COMPANY, (Agents for the Publishers.) 121 Nassau St., New York 1864
Seller: David M. Lesser, ABAA, Woodbridge, CT, U.S.A.David M. Lesser, ABAA
Contact seller5-star sellerOblong broadside, 8" x 9-3/8." Couple of light fox spots, not affecting illustration. Very Good. The broadside mocks the dissonance in the Democrats' 1864 presidential campaign. Candidate McClellan's acceptance speech supported a continued War Effort; but his Party's platform called for an end to the War. McClellan, sitting back…ward on a jackass, says, "I am happy to say that -- the record of my public life was kept in view". The jackass, however, facing the other direction, says, quoting from the Chicago Platform, "An immediate cessation of hostilities." Weitenkampf 145. Not in Reilly. OCLC 57744783 [2- Boston Ath., NYHS] as of June 2024. AAS also owns a copy.
