🗞️ HARPERS WEEKLY · April 21, 1860
Complete Issue · New historically exceptional issue at the most pivotal moment of the Antebellum era — the Democratic National Convention at Charleston, South Carolina, with a double-page centerfold of all prominent presidential candidates including Jefferson Davis, Sam Houston, Franklin Pierce, and Stephen Douglas, published as the convention was in session. Combined with a birds-eye view of Charleston and Douglass full front-page portrait, this is a primary document of the convention whose failure to nominate a candidate split the Democratic Party and made Abraham Lincolns election — and the Civil War — THE DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION AT FULL FRONT PAGE — \"HON. STEPHEN A. DOUGLAS\"
A magnificent full front-page portrait of Stephen A. Douglas — the \"Little Giant\" of Illinois, the most powerful Democrat in America, the author of the Kansas-Nebraska Act, and the man who had debated Abraham Lincoln across Illinois in 1858 in the most celebrated political debates in American history. Douglas was the frontrunner for the Democratic presidential nomination at the Charleston convention, but the Southern delegates — led by the fire-eaters — refused to accept his popular sovereignty position on slavery in the territories, and the convention ended in chaos without nominating anyone. The party would split at a second convention in Baltimore — nominating Douglas in the North and John C. Breckinridge in the South — guaranteeing Lincolns election and the secession of the Southern states. This full front-page portrait of Douglas — published as the Charleston convention was in session — is a primary document of one of the most consequential political moments in American history.🖼️ DOUBLE-PAGE CENTERFOLD — \"PROMINENT CANDIDATES FOR THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINATION AT CHARLESTON, S.C.\" — INCLUDING JEFFERSON DAVIS, SAM HOUSTON, FRANKLIN PIERCE, AND STEPHEN DOUGLAS
A double-page centerfold of portraits of the prominent candidates for the Democratic presidential nomination at the Charleston convention — including Jefferson Davis (future President of the Confederate States), Sam Houston (former President of the Republic of Texas and Governor of Texas, who would be deposed for refusing to swear loyalty to the Confederacy), Franklin Pierce (14th President of the United States), and Stephen Douglas. This extraordinary gathering of portraits in a single centerfold captures the full range of Democratic possibility at the exact moment the party was tearing itself apart over slavery. Jefferson Davis — who would be president of the Confederacy within a year — appears here as a Democratic presidential candidate. Sam Houston — the hero of San Jacinto and one of the most remarkable figures in American history — appears as a potential compromise candidate. The centerfold is a primary document of American political history at its most consequential turning CHARLESTON — BIRDS-EYE FULL PAGE — \"VIEW OF CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA\" — BIRDS-EYE VIEW
A full-page birds-eye view of Charleston, South Carolina — the city hosting the Democratic National Convention and, just a year later, the city from whose harbor the first shots of the Civil War would be fired at Fort Sumter. This birds-eye view of Charleston — published at the exact moment it was the center of American political life — is a primary document of one of the most historically charged cities in American history at its most pivotal moment. A vivid, displayable, and very frameable piece of South Carolina and Civil War origins photograph every page of every issue so you can inspect the condition closely before purchasing. Please review all images carefully and dont hesitate to ask any questions — Im happy to provide additional detail or close-up shots of any page, illustration, or area of concern before you ········ Harpers Weekly
Date ··············· April 21, 1860
City ··············· New York
Format ············· Illustrated newspaper, complete in 16 SHIPPING & Stored in an acid-free protective bag and flat-shipped in a padded envelope with heavy cardboard reinforcement
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