Hasty Recognition of Rebel Belligerency, And Our Right to Complain..

1865. The Most Gigantic and Immoral Sedition in History" Bemis, George [1816-1878]. Hasty Recognition of Rebel Belligerency, And Our Right to Complain of It. Boston: Published by A. Williams and Co., 1865. viii, [2], 57 pp. Octavo (8-1/2" x 5-1/2"). Disbound pamphlet, leaves separating at head. Moderate toning, faint vertical fold line, tiny spots to a few pages, small chip to top-edge of final leaf, ink library stamp to p. 1, brief correction in ink to p. 30. $50. * Only edition. In this "controversial and American" pamphlet, Bemis criticizes British neutrality in the American Civil War, which he sees as legitimation of the Confederate cause equivalent to tacit support "warming into life and helping to walk alone the most gigantic and immoral sedition in history" (iii). Catalogue of the Library of the Harvard Law School (1909) I:150.