LETTERS. WASHINGTON CITY. D.C. OCTOBER, 1837
1837 · [Washington?
by [Clark, John C.]
[Washington?, 1837. 17pp, caption title [as issued], disbound with light to moderate wear. Good+.
A Democratic Congressman from Chenango County, New York, Clark opposed the Loco-Foco, or radical wing of the Democratic Party. He gives examples of Loco-Focos' "deadly hostility to the credit and banking system;" and asserts, "To that portion of the democratic party which has deserted the standard of its true principles, and joined itself to the political new lights of the day, I owe no allegiance. I was born in the true political church, that of the democracy-- was baptized at its font, confirmed at its chancel, in full communion with it."
FIRST EDITION. Not in Sabin, AI, Eberstadt, Decker, NUC. Not located on OCLC. (Inventory #: 17635)
A Democratic Congressman from Chenango County, New York, Clark opposed the Loco-Foco, or radical wing of the Democratic Party. He gives examples of Loco-Focos' "deadly hostility to the credit and banking system;" and asserts, "To that portion of the democratic party which has deserted the standard of its true principles, and joined itself to the political new lights of the day, I owe no allegiance. I was born in the true political church, that of the democracy-- was baptized at its font, confirmed at its chancel, in full communion with it."
FIRST EDITION. Not in Sabin, AI, Eberstadt, Decker, NUC. Not located on OCLC. (Inventory #: 17635)