Raynors HCA 2017-12
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 12/7/2017
War-date broadside “THE CRISIS AND THE REMEDY” 1pp. quarto, 1863, and reads in small part: “...How wonderfully absurd how our whole position and action seem when viewed by the light of history as set forth by Mr. Livermore in his book upon negro soldiers, and still more by the admissions of the rebel press! Washington, Hamilton, Lawrens and later Jackson and many others warmly advocated the use of negro soldiers, and bore testimony to their value in practice...Slavery undisturbed is strong for war - properly attacked is the one vulnerable spot of the enemy...Had the President issued his proclamation a year ago, and made it vital by insisting upon its being carried into effect, we should have had 100,000 black soldiers in the South...and should have saved 100,000 of our white soldiers since destroyed in battle...There is still time to use the cool season to penetrate these districts and to organize a negro army before the spring heats...” Followed by second portion from the Richmond Examier and reads “The fanatics of the North used to denounce the young men of the South for idleness and pride; but, if they did nothing before, these young men fight now; and if they were idle before the war, their employment in the army does not decrease the labor of our country...” Much more. Fine condition.
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