July 14th, 2011
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 7/14/2011
Broadside, “THE IMPERIALIST” 8” x 10” 1pp., c1868, New York City, reads in part, “The public and the trade are hereby informed that arrangements for the publication of " The Imperialist' are now fully completed, and the first number of this long-expected journal will be issued on Saturday, April 3d. For the first time in the history of the United States, an American journal dares to proclaim as false, and pernicious in their influence, the Democratic dogmas of " Popular Sovereignty " and “Equality " and to demand that, on the ruins of this unfortunate Republic, shall be reared the firm and substantial structure of an Empire. The creed of "The Imperialist" is revolutionary: Its mission to prepare the mind of the American people for the revolution that has already begun throughout the country. The conductors of this journal believe Democracy to be a failure. Though theoretically plausible, in its practical workings it has been found totally inadequate to the wants of the American people. ......" The Imperialist" will be published weekly, on Saturday. It will be promptly forwarded to other cities, aid sold by newsdealers throughout the country. Very good condition. During the fierce canvass which preceded General Grant's election to the Presidency, his opponents frequently charged, that he was aiming to make himself permanent Dictator of America. Published after the Grant election and on the heels of the Civil War, “The Imerialist” believed that a continuous centralization of new power in our General Government might one day come to something which, though not imperialism in system, would be imperialism in power.
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