[Thomas, William]:

$375 · Offered by William Reese Company

THE ENEMIES OF THE CONSTITUTION DISCOVERED, OR, AN INQUIRY INTO THE ORIGIN AND TENDENCY OF POPULAR VIOLENCE. CONTAINING A COMPLETE AND CIRCUMSTANTIAL ACCOUNT OF THE UNLAWFUL PROCEEDINGS AT THE CITY ... An emotional tract revealing the outrages of agitators who endeavored by "deception and fraud, to subvert the constitution" and produce insurrection among southern slave-holders. The author describes the outrages carried out against abolitionists by the agitators, especially the violent disruption of an anti-slavery convention in Utica. The appendix provides documents intended to reveal the extensive censorship of the press used to encourage insurrection, as well as speeches and firsthand accounts of the Utica incident.

Found via Rare Books Intel, a search across rare-book dealers, auction houses and marketplaces worldwide.