TO THE FREEHOLDERS OF CHARLOTTE, BUCKINGHAM, PRINCE-EDWARD AND CUMBERLAND. FELLOW CITIZENS..
1812 · [np (Richmond?)
by Randolph, John
[np (Richmond?), 1812. 14pp, disbound, caption title [as issued], lightly soiled. Very Good.
Randolph advises his constituents that his attempt to oppose a Declaration of War against England has been muzzled, the most outrageous interference with free speech since the Sedition Act of 1798. He further argues that war with England comports "neither with the INTEREST nor the HONOUR of the American people, but as an IDOLATROUS SACRIFICE of both, on the altar of French rapacity, perfidy and ambition."
He describes his efforts on the floor of the House to bring to a vote his motion that a Declaration of War would be a bad thing; and the parliamentary maneuvers that thwarted him.
Haynes 14805. Swem 4487. Sabin 67847. AI 26566 [6]. (Inventory #: 4085)
Randolph advises his constituents that his attempt to oppose a Declaration of War against England has been muzzled, the most outrageous interference with free speech since the Sedition Act of 1798. He further argues that war with England comports "neither with the INTEREST nor the HONOUR of the American people, but as an IDOLATROUS SACRIFICE of both, on the altar of French rapacity, perfidy and ambition."
He describes his efforts on the floor of the House to bring to a vote his motion that a Declaration of War would be a bad thing; and the parliamentary maneuvers that thwarted him.
Haynes 14805. Swem 4487. Sabin 67847. AI 26566 [6]. (Inventory #: 4085)