The bargain rejected
Subtitle: Spontaneous meeting of the people of Kennebunk and Kennebunk-port - renomination of Hon. Joshua Herrick, in the first Congressional District
Publisher: [s.n.]
Published: 1844
Place of publication: [s.l.]
Language: eng
Subjects: Politics and government; Sources; Campaign literature; Maine
Notes: Campaign literature decrying the stranglehold of the legal profession on the democratic process. At issue was the secret manipulation of the Democratic Party convention held in ALfred, Maine on July 4, 1844 by future Supreme Court Justice Nathan Clifford, who attempted to nominate lawyer and judge William Alen Hayes in place of Joshua Herrick, a farmer.