Author: Carey, M. [Matthew]
Title: The Crisis. An Appeal to the Good Sense of the Nation, Against the Spirit of Resistance and the Dissolution of the Union. August 14, 1832
Description: Philadelphia, Printed by William F. Geddes, 1832. Fourth edition, corrected. Disbound. 12 pp. 8vo. The pamphlet on nullification was put together by Matthew Carey, who signed the Preface. "Thus in a fatal hour of darkness and delusion, of dire infatuation, those citizens [of South Carolina] are prepared to arm father against son -son against father- and brother against brother; and for what? On the construction of a clause in the constitution, on which some of the best men the world has ever produced have been decidedly against them -the Washingtons, the Madisons.. and on which some of their current leaders..were.. opposed to them.. they now denounce as unconstitutional, and against which they adopt measures that can scarcely fail to lead to civil war!" (preface p.3). Sabin 10861. Amer. Imprints 11646. Foxing and some staining but still a good untrimmed copy, some leaves unopened (uncut).

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