1850 · [Worcester?
by Massachusetts Democratic State Central Committee
[Worcester?, 1850. 7, [1 blank] pp. Stitched, untrimmed, generously margined. Printed in double columns. Small burn mark on pages 5-7 costing several letters. Good+. The State Central Committee adopts Calhoun's Compact Theory of the Union, i.e., that each State constitutes a separate sovereignty bound to the others by a solemn compact. The Committee opposes the Whig "aristocracy" and the abolitionist Free Soilers, and supports the Compromise of 1850. (Inventory #: 18651)