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TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: IT IS SUPPOSED TO BE AN ESTABLISHED PRINCIPLE OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY, NOT TO SUPPORT FOR ANY POLITICAL OFFICE, ANY MAN WHOSE VOICE AND INFLUENCE WAS NOT UNMISTAKABLY ON THE SIDE OF THE GOVERNMENT DURING THE DARK DAYS OF OUR TERRIBLE STRUGGLE FOR EXISTENCE. BY SHREWD MANAGEMENT ON THE PART OF A SMALL POLITICAL CLIQUE, DR. GEORGE B. LORING, OF SALEM, HAS BEEN FOISTED UPON THE REPUBLICANS OF THIS DISTRICT, AS THEIR CANDIDATE FOR SENATOR.. by Soldiers, Many - 1872

by Soldiers, Many

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: IT IS SUPPOSED TO BE AN ESTABLISHED PRINCIPLE OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY, NOT TO SUPPORT FOR ANY POLITICAL OFFICE, ANY MAN WHOSE VOICE AND INFLUENCE WAS NOT UNMISTAKABLY ON THE SIDE OF THE GOVERNMENT DURING THE DARK DAYS OF OUR TERRIBLE STRUGGLE FOR EXISTENCE. BY SHREWD MANAGEMENT ON THE PART OF A SMALL POLITICAL CLIQUE, DR. GEORGE B. LORING, OF SALEM, HAS BEEN FOISTED UPON THE REPUBLICANS OF THIS DISTRICT, AS THEIR CANDIDATE FOR SENATOR.. by Soldiers, Many - 1872

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: IT IS SUPPOSED TO BE AN ESTABLISHED PRINCIPLE OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY, NOT TO SUPPORT FOR ANY POLITICAL OFFICE, ANY MAN WHOSE VOICE AND INFLUENCE WAS NOT UNMISTAKABLY ON THE SIDE OF THE GOVERNMENT DURING THE DARK DAYS OF OUR TERRIBLE STRUGGLE FOR EXISTENCE. BY SHREWD MANAGEMENT ON THE PART OF A SMALL POLITICAL CLIQUE, DR. GEORGE B. LORING, OF SALEM, HAS BEEN FOISTED UPON THE REPUBLICANS OF THIS DISTRICT, AS THEIR CANDIDATE FOR SENATOR..

by Soldiers, Many

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[Salem, MA?, 1872. Broadside, 7-1/2" x 12". Signed at the end in bold type, 'MANY SOLDIERS.' Very Good.

Loring was originally a Democrat who stumped energetically for Franklin Pierce in 1852 and sought to purge antislavery men from the Party. His conversion to a Republican "rivaled that of Saul of Tarsus."
Only after Lincoln's re-election did he transform himself "from a pure Democrat to a rabid radical Republican." In 1860 he favored Breckinridge-- who later commanded Confederate armies-- for the Presidency. During the Civil War "he was the recognized promoter and leader of the Peace wing of the Democracy of Massachusetts." If Salem and Essex County can't do better than Loring, "let us do without a representation."
OCLC 233648664 [1- AAS] as of November 2021. Not located at online site of Massachusetts Historical Society.

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