Reasons, Entered Upon The Journal Of The Senate Of Pennsylvania, Of The Democratic Members Of That Body, For Voting Against The Act Passed On Friday, April 12, 1861 Entitled "An Act For The Bettern Organization Of The Militia Of The Commonwealth."

[Pennsylvania]: 1861. Single leaf measuring 14 x 8.5", printed to recto. Broadside published by Pennsylvania Democrats voicing their opposition to an act passed by the state Senate on April 12, 1861, the day of the outbreak of the Civil War, providing for the appointment of a military commission with full power to reorganize the state's militia. The Democrats, according to the text, objected to the act due to its vagueness and the unlimited powers it gave to a military commission, which could result in "a military supremacy" and "an easy transition to pass from known and existing laws to a military despotism sustained and upheld by a standing army." Chip to right hand corner of broadside, folding creases, separations to folds along right hand margin up to a couple of inches, staining to right hand side of broadside. Item #10629

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