[Lea, Henry Charles, attributed to.]

The record of the Democratic Party 1860-1865 [wrapper title and drop title]

[New York: The Loyal Publication Society, 1865]. 8vo, pp. 39, [1]; original yellow printed wrappers; wrappers worn and loose, old fold, all else good and sound. “Our repulsive task has been to show, upon Democratic evidence ... the doom earned for itself by the Democratic Party.” An attack on the Democratic Party for its sympathy to the Confederate south, its resistance to the Union effort, and its obstruction of meaningful reconstruction, with many quotations of Democratic materials and politicians. The Loyal Publication Society's mission was of the largest and most significant of the propaganda organizations that formed to sway public opinion on the Civil War. It published a total of 90 pamphlets in about 900,000 copies. Item #58120

Price: $75.00