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1868 Benjamin Butler Political Biography.

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1868 Benjamin Butler Political Biography.
<B>1868 Benjamin Butler Political Biography.</B></I> <I>The Life and Public Services of Benjamin Butler,</B></I> (La Crosse Democrat, New York, 1868), 63 pages, political cartoon on the cover, string bound, 4.25" x 6". This scathing publication set out to inform the public about the character of the Republican Benjamin Butler. The first page reads in part: "The object of this book is twofold. First, to inform the people of other nations of the character of a prominent representative New Englander, whose record is one of beastliness, venality, double-dealing, fraud, dishonesty, corruption, and betrayal of trusts, and to warn boys in this or other countries against forsaking the right to become a leader of thieves. The second is to show the world the kind of a man or person the republican party, which claims for and to itself all the virtue, honesty, religion, intelligence, and patriotism of the land, chooses for a leader, and bows in worship before." In fine condition; first page has become disbound; minor edge wear; bumped corners; light overall toning of early pages; back cover exhibits mild foxing.