Van Buren, John, 1810-1866 to Alfred Edmund Burr
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02925.21 Author/Creator: Van Buren, John, 1810-1866 Place Written: New York, New York Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 10 March 1860 Pagination: 4 p. ; 20.3 x 25.2 cm. Order a Copy
Van Buren, a Democratic party leader from New York, declines an invitation from Burr, Chairman of the Connecticut Democratic State Central Committee, to speak at a canvass preceding the 1860 presidential election. States "the Democrats of New York & I believe of the Union appreciate fully, & are warmly interested in the contest upon which you are entering. The principles of Democracy are the same throughout the Union: they are eminently conservative & National ... in opposition to Fanaticism, Sectionalism & Disunion ...Connecticut has the honor ... to engage in the preliminary struggle - She has an army of steady courageous, & tried men with a gallant leader at their head - The eyes of the Union are upon her ..." Van Buren was the son of former President Martin Van Buren.
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