Item #10037 The Republic or the Oligarchy? Which? An appeal against the proposed transfer of the right to vote from the people to the state, by one of the people. George Cheever.

The Republic or the Oligarchy? Which? An appeal against the proposed transfer of the right to vote from the people to the state, by one of the people.

New York: American New Company, 1866. 36p. Stitched spine. George Barrell Cheever (1807 - 1890) was an abolitionist minister and writer. He was a graduate of Bowdoin College. Cheever attacked the Republican Congress for failing the proposed 14th Amendment to guarantee t freedmen the right to vote. The essence of an oligarchy is the exclusion of particular classes from the vote. Last blank loose, lightly foxed. Sabin #70009. Scarce. Item #10037

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