Oration delivered at the Democratic Republican Celebration of the sixty-fourth anniversary of the independence of the United States, July fourth, 1840, at the Methodist Eposcopal Church, Greene-street, in the City of New-York. By ... Published by request of the Democratic Republican Convention.

New York, Printed and published by Jared W. Bell, New Era Office, 1840.. FIRST and ONLY EDITION. 4°, disbound. Light browning. Splitting at fold. In good condition. 24 pp. *** FIRST and ONLY non-POD EDITION of this oration delivered in New York City on the sixty-fourth anniversary of the Declaration of Independence: a fascinating glimpse of politics in New York and the United States just before the presidential election of 1840, when Democratic Republican Martin Van Buren lost his bid for re-election to the Whig candidates William Henry Harrison and John Tyler. Young begins by pointing out the religious grounds for the Declaration, segueing from the propensity of some of mankind to seek power and money to the evil aims of the "aristocratic" party founded by Alexander Hamilton, which aimed to install a monarch and created a national bank ("in defiance of the constitution"). Young skims over the "reign of terror" of the aristocratic party (the Adams Administration), condemns the "vile slanders and abuse uttered against Mr. Jefferson and all his measures," and attacks Harrison and Tyler for their "log cabin and hard cider" campaign (pp. 17-18).Samuel Young (Lenox, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, 1779-Ballston, Saratoga County, New York, 1850), a lawyer and politician, served in the New York State Assembly or Senate for much of the 1810s-1840s, with stints as a member of the Erie Canal Commission (1816-1840), judge of the Saratoga County Court (1833-1838), and secretary of State of New York (1842-1845). In 1848, he was Chairman of the Barnburners state convention which met on June 22, 1848, at Utica, New York and nominated Martin Van Buren for U.S. President.*** Sabin 106111.