Outlines Of The Life And Public Services, Civil And Military, Of William Henry Harrison Cushing, Caleb Americana,Politics

24mo (6" x 3.5"), printed wrappers. Frontis., 71 pp. CONDITION: Good, corners curled, covers lightly soiled, interior foxed, no tears, binding sound. First edition of a rousing campaign biography of the aging "hero of Tippecanoe." Emphasizing Harrison's military prowess and political ability, this biography promotes the president's second campaign for office. The author, congressman Caleb Cushing (1800-1879), himself a Whig from Massachusetts, "quickly threw himself into the Harrison campaign, attending nightly meetings of the 'Whig Young Men Committees,' 'Whig Associations,' and 'Tippecanoe Clubs.'.When Democrat Joseph Caldwell.wrote Cushing in August [1840] about his disillusionment with Van Buren and his financial policies, the congressman seized the moment to reinforce Caldwell's leanings towards Harrison. Cushing penned a nineteen-page response.praising 'Old Tip.' 'He is the people's candidate.recommended to us not by partisanship.but by a long career of patriotic service in peace and war. All people of all parties can alike bestow conscientiously their suffrages on him'.in this election, style not only rivaled, but surpassed, substance in appealing to the electorate" (Belohavek). REFERENCES: Sabin H18092; Miles, The Image Makers, 87; Belohlavek, J. M. Broken glass Caleb Cushing & the shattering of the Union. (Ohio: Kent State University Press, 2005), pp. 111-12.