THE CONTRAST; OR THE TWO SPEECHES. "Look here, upon this Picture". The One Delivered to the Representatives of the United States of America, On December 2d, 1817; "And on this". The Other Delivered to the Boroughmongers of Great Britain and Ireland, On Tuesday January 27th, 1818

London: Printed and Published by R. Carlile, [1818].. [1818].. Good. - Octavo, softcovers, printed self-wraps, removed. 16 pages. The top front corner of the pages are slightly dampstained. There are a couple of small chips to the edges of the title page and the last page, as well as a tiny tear to the inner edge of the last leaf. A few words on the last 3 pages are underlined in ink. Good. <p>First edition.<p>A one-page introduction by the publisher, Richard Carlile (1790-1843) precedes President James Monroe's speech to Congress. Monroe's speech is followed by a 2-page speech by the Lord Commissioners.<p>"Nothing can offer a stronger proof, that the misery and distress which has entailed on the inhabitants of those Kingdoms, originates in the defect of the representation, (or rather the misrepresentation and mockery of the reality;) then [sic] by perusing and comparing the following speeches, considered as issuing from the Chief Magistrate of each Nation; in the one, where the People are fully and fairly, represented we find its Chief Magistrate exulting and congratulating every individual in the state on its flourishing condition, and at the same time acknowledging that all just power and control emanates from the great body of the People;-- in the other we find nothing but dark and ambiguous meanings, complaints of the disaffection of a People...." -- Excerpted from the publisher's note "To the Reader".