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[BUCHANAN, James]. Broadside campaign poster, entitled Who is James Buchanan?... n.p. [New York?]: Daily News Job Office, 36-38 Ann Street, n.d. [1856].
Folio broadside (24 x 9½ in.), on pale cream stock, small tear at top center fold neatly mended, otherwise in very good condition. Very large (8½ x 6½ in.) oval wood-engraved portrait of a resolute-looking Buchanan, letterpress text in two columns beneath bold heading in display type. RARE.
A lengthy election panegyric, recounting the life, humble origins ("The Farmer Boy of Franklin") and accomplishments of the Democratic candidate, It details his appointments and elective offices, extolls his wisdom, dedication, principles and accomplishments, asserts that he was nominated "upon a platform as broad as the Constitution," as "national as the Union," and predicts that "on the 4th of March 1857 he will be inaugurated President." The election of 1857 saw the national advent of the Republican Party (under the slogan, "Free Speech, Free Press, Free Soil, Free Men, Frémont and Victory!"). The American or "Know Nothing" party nominated former President Fillmore and attracted the endorsement of the old Whig Party. In the end, the electorate, fearing Southern reaction to the strong anti-slavery stance of the Republicans, chose Buchanan (with 45 of the popular vote) over Frémont (33 and Fillmore (22.
Folio broadside (24 x 9½ in.), on pale cream stock, small tear at top center fold neatly mended, otherwise in very good condition. Very large (8½ x 6½ in.) oval wood-engraved portrait of a resolute-looking Buchanan, letterpress text in two columns beneath bold heading in display type. RARE.
A lengthy election panegyric, recounting the life, humble origins ("The Farmer Boy of Franklin") and accomplishments of the Democratic candidate, It details his appointments and elective offices, extolls his wisdom, dedication, principles and accomplishments, asserts that he was nominated "upon a platform as broad as the Constitution," as "national as the Union," and predicts that "on the 4th of March 1857 he will be inaugurated President." The election of 1857 saw the national advent of the Republican Party (under the slogan, "Free Speech, Free Press, Free Soil, Free Men, Frémont and Victory!"). The American or "Know Nothing" party nominated former President Fillmore and attracted the endorsement of the old Whig Party. In the end, the electorate, fearing Southern reaction to the strong anti-slavery stance of the Republicans, chose Buchanan (with 45 of the popular vote) over Frémont (33 and Fillmore (22.