An Abolition Traitor. "There are traitors in the North as well as in the South...." by A Democratic Working Man (Tousey, Sinclair; Bourne, W. O. [attrib]) - 1863

New York,: Sinclair Tousey ?. 1863. First Edition; First Printing. Broadside. Single leaf, 12 x 18½" white paper printed in black, some soiling / staining but by no mean objectionable, but rather seeming to be signs of aging. Handsomely framed, matted and backed, very good or better. A famous broadside by "A Democratic Workingman" and published August 29, 1863 in New York. OCLC notes that in the National Union Catalog pre-1956, the broadside was attributed to Sinclair Tousey and W. O. Bourne. It was further noted that it was one of nine broadsides associated with the Draft riots of 1863 and as such, was given out in the streets. The attribution was based on the fact that two of the nine broadsides have the imprint "Sold by Sinclair Tousey, 121 Nassau St...." ¶¶ This noted broadside presents a complex text. The author is hostile towards the confederacy's attempt to destroy the country, and he goes behind some alleged abolitionist views to emphasize his own view. He analysizes a speech of the Hon. (racist) Robert Toombs of Georgia whose "abolitionist" views are reall;y a pledge to do nothing to end slavery because population growth will ultimately drive down the wages of white laborers until white workers are at the same level as the negroes, at which point slavery will end and negroes will be free. The Democratic Workingman who has written the broadside notes hidden behind Tommbs's pseudo-abpolutionist position is the reduction of white labor to penury ¶¶ His second example is one of the typical racist mantras reeled so easily off the tongue of the average pro-slavery bigpt: "Slavery [is] the beautiful, healthy and natural state of being which they [the South] is trying to adopt.... Our slaves are not only better off as to physical comfort than Free Laborers,, but their moral condition is better." [The Richmond Enquirrer] He asks the workingman to stand firmly against this current. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 1 pp .