2006-06
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 5/31/2006
Comparing a Civil War presidential candidate in the 1864 election to the traitor Benedict Arnold ! Single sheet broadside 10 x 13; blank reverse; very fancy border with bold headlines "BENEDICT ARNOLD AND HORATIO SEYMOUR !…THEIR IDENTITY OF VIEWS. …WHO IS TO BE PRESIDENT OF THE U.S. ? …FROM THE N.Y. TIMES OF SEPTEMBER 19, 1864." Broadside commences by printing a letter of Benedict Arnold's October 1780, after he had fled to Britain addressed his former American countrymen on why they should settle the war quickly. Center of broadside comparing words of Arnold with those of Seymour. Bottom section castigates Seymour and further compares him to Benedict Arnold's treason. "…as long as there is malice in human blood, no government can be without its renegades and malcontents; and these are always ready, Judas-like, to seize upon every occasion of offence. No matter what the conduct of the government…spite will assail it…political leaders who [cause dissention and intrigue] when the country is in danger, never have been forgiven, and never will be forgiven by the American people…The Copperhead chiefs of these times who draw so heavily on the fallacies of 1780 [should] understand that the sequel to this is endless disgrace." Seymour, at the time, was presiding at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago and although nominated he refused to except the candidacy. Very soon after that he was candidate for reelection as governor of New York (which he subsequently lost). Completely original and extremely fine condition "Published and sold by D. S. Holmes Brooklyn…also for sale at the American News Company, Nassau Street, New York. Price one dollar per hundred" in tiny print along bottom margin. Fine Civil War and political Americana.
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