Campaign literature -- New York (State)

Criticism of the Abraham Lincoln administration's war policy. Two columns to the page. Without imprint or date, but reissued in Hand-book of the Democracy for 1863 & '64, listed in contents under Publications of the Society for the Diffusion of Political Knowledge as no. 16, "Speech of Hon. Mr. Church". FAU copy imperfect: closely trimmed (to 22 cm) affecting page numbers at top. FAU copy has inscription: To N. Jersey His. Soc. from S. Alofsen. May 17. 1864.

Includes remarks by James S. Thayer and Hamilton Fish, pages 18-19. Imprint information from colophon. At top center on front cover, wood-engraving depicts ten people (one of whom is holding a large American flag and one of whom resembles George Washington) at the foot of a rocky hill. On top of the hill is a rotunda with 4 columns labeled, "Liberty." A statue of Liberty is inside the rotunda and, resting on the top of its dome, is an eagle holding in its mouth a banner reading, "E pluribus unum." The words, "Constitution & laws," are printed in large letters across the hill, and a rising sun and semi-circle of stars above it. Printed in two columns divided by single line. On back cover, publisher's advertisement for the daily, semi-weekly, and weekly Tribune, and for the New-York tribune for European circulation, with address of the Tribune Association.