WASHINGTON, OCTOBER 22, 1852. DEAR SIR: - THE NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC COMMITTEE HAVE BEEN INFORMED THAT WITHIN A FEW DAYS THERE HAS BEEN A GRAND CONCLAVE OF THE ACTIVE MEN OF THE SCOTT PARTY IN PHILADELPHIA AND NEW YORK, AND THAT LARGE SUMS OF MONEY HAVE BEEN RAISED TO DESPATCH SECRET EMISSARIES TO EVERY NOOK AND CORNER OF THESE STATES TO PROVIDE BOUNTIES FOR RECRUITING SERVICE-- TO PROSTITUTE THE BASE..

[Washington, 1852. Folio sheet folded to 8" x 10". [1], [3 blanks] pp. Signed in type at the end: "C.H. Peaslee, J.W. Forney, A.G. Penn, Members of Democratic National Committee at Washington." Docketed in ink on final blank. Very Good.

A rare printed Letter from the Democratic National Committee, feverishly warning that the Whigs are hiring "bullies to intimidate and drive from the polls the weak-hearted, and to bring every Whig voter to the ballot-box." This is a "last desperate resort to cheat the people out of their rights, and carry the election by money." Unless Democrats are moved by the "self-sacrificing spirit of our Revolutionary fathers, we may be awakened by the cry, 'The Philistines are upon you,' and find too late we are shorn of our strength."
Not located on OCLC. (Inventory #: 34416)