AN EXPOSITION OF THE WEAKNESS AND INEFFICIENCY OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES

by Charles Fenton Mercer

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First edition

Richmond, VA : Printed for the Author, 1845. First edition. 18 cm. 8vo. viii, 9 -380pp. Disbound, one signature starting. Blindstamp of Brotherheads Circulating Library, Phila. on title page. AMERICAN IMPRINTS 4332 lists IU, LNH, MB, OCY, TxU. HOWES - M 527: Bitter attack on the Constitution and the way it was working; soon repressed by its repentant author. See DAB for Mercer, a one-time Congressman, opponent of the slave trade and canal builder. Scarce.

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