Mar 01, 2012 - Sale 2271

Sale 2271 - Lot 74

Price Realized: $ 3,120
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Estimate: $ 3,500 - $ 5,000
(SLAVERY AND ABOLITION--RECONSTRUCTION.) [FIFTEENTH AMENDMENT.] White Men Rally! A Grand Mass Meeting! To the Voters of Jefferson County. Letterpress broadside, 15-3/4 x 20-3/4 inches; paper evenly toned, a few tiny nicks to the left margin; creases where folded, few small gaps at the conjunction of a few folds not affecting the text in any way; matted and framed. Des Moines, July 19, 1865
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a rare broadside in support of the policies of Andrew Johnson. The text of the broadside continues: "You are hereby notified that there will be a Mass Meeting of the Citizens of the County in The Park at Fairfield, Iowa, Saturday, Aug. Fifth,1865 , for the Purpose of selecting Delegates to attend the Democratic State Convention to be held at Des Moines, Iowa and for such other business as may be thought advisable to maintain the Union, and promote the Peace and Prosperity of the Country, in which meeting all persons are invited to participate who are Opposed to NEGRO SUFFRAGE and who endorse the Reconstruction policy of President Johnson."
Andrew Johnson, who had opposed Lincoln's policies, succeeded him after being Vice President for only six weeks. "Johnson's Reconstruction plan allowed the former Confederate states to return quickly to the Union. This would have left the civil rights of the former slaves completely under the auspices of the former slave-owners. Incensed at these policies, Radical Republicans in Congress wrestled control of Reconstruction from the President and began passing their own program over Johnson's vetoes. The implementation of military districts and supervision across the South in 1867 piqued the President to aid Southern resistance and to attempt to thwart the process by firing Secretary of State Stanton, who was cooperating with Radical Republicans. Stanton's removal violated the recent Tenure of Office Act and prompted the Republican-controlled House to impeach the President. The Senate trial resulted in his acquittal by one vote." Michael Les Benedict, Andrew Johnson (Groliers, 1998).