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Two Volumes of the Democratic Review: The United States Magazine, and Democratic Review, Volume VI, Nos. XIX-XVI, July-December 1839, and New Series, Volume XIX, Nos. C-CII, October-December 1846. Author:Ed. Thomas Prentice Kettell. Contributors: William Leggett, Anne Arundel, Miss St. Hubert, J. W. Shelton, et al. Publisher:Washington, D. C.: Langtree and O\'Sullivan, and New York: No. 142 Fulton-Street Release Date:1839-1846 Seller Category:Politics Qty Available:1 Condition:Used: Acceptable Sku: 09789Notes: [POLITICS]. Ed. Thomas Prentice Kettell. Contributors: William Leggett, Anne Arundel, Miss St. Hubert, J. W. Shelton, et al. \"Two Volumes of the Democratic Review: The United States Magazine, and Democratic Review, Volume VI, Nos. XIX-XVI, July-December 1839, and New Series, Volume XIX, Nos. C-CII, October-December 1846.\" Washington, D. C.: Langtree and O\'Sullivan, and New York: No. 142 Fulton-Street, 1839-1846. First editions. Two volumes. English language. Hardcovers in quarter leather with tips, one volume over boards, the other over black cloth. Two collected volumes of individual Democratic Review magazine issues with articles, essays, poems, reviews, and portraits. 8vos. 9 x 6 and 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches. 45 oz. 540 pp, 496 pp. Bindings fragile, leather and boards worn, numerous other issues. Foxing, smudging. Hole in title of one volume. Text clean. Fair. No ISBN. No ASIN. \"\'The United States Magazine and Democratic Review\' was a periodical published from 1837 to 1859 by John L. O\'Sullivan. Its motto, \'The best government is that which governs least,\' was famously paraphrased by Henry David Thoreau in \'Civil Disobedience.\' In 1837, O\'Sullivan co-founded and served as editor for \'The United States Magazine and Democratic Review\' (generally called the \'Democratic Review\'). It was a highly regarded journal meant to champion Jacksonian Democracy, a movement which had usually been disparaged in the more conservative \'North American Review.\' The magazine featured political essays, many of them penned by O\'Sullivan himself, extolling the virtues of Jacksonian democracy and criticizing what Democrats regarded as the aristocratic pretensions of their opponents. The journal supported the losing effort of Martin Van Buren in the 1840 presidential election, and in the 1844 election, James K. Polk, the eventual winner.\"Don\'t forget to check out other great deals in our store!!