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(MEXICAN WAR). (RHODE ISLAND). [ANON.]. Fellow Citizens of the Western Congressional District. [Caption title]. Tall 4to broadside, printed in two columns. N.p: [1846]. Severe staining in top & bottom margins. Piece lacking at bottom affecting author's printed name ("A Friend of..."). With one text correction in ink. $150.00
"We have all deplored the existence of the Mexican War, because we all know that it was provoked for the purpose of extending the horrors of slavery, and we all abhor slavery." Opposes the re-election of Rep. (formerly R.I. Governor) Lemuel H. Arnold who, unlike Rhode Island's eastern representative, Henry Y. Cranston, has supported administration measures to conduct the war against Mexico.