Ernest Borel

RARE! "19th Century Publisher” J. D. B. De Bow Cut Signature

Description: Up for auction a RARE!  "De Bow's Review," J. D. B. De Bow Clipped Signature.  ES-5178E James Dunwoody Brownson De Bow (July 20, 1820 – February 27, 1867) was an American publisher and statistician, best known for his influential magazine De Bow's Review, who also served as superindendant of the U.S. Census from 1853 to 1855. He always spelled "De Bow" as two words. J.D.B. De Bow was born on July 20, 1820 in Charleston, South Carolina, the second son of Mary Bridget Norton and Garret De Bow. James' father, Garret, was born in New York City, New York about 1775 to a Dutch-Huguenot father who immigrated to the United States at an unknown date. His mother, Mary Bridget, was born into an elite planter family from South Carolina. Her grandfather was Capt. John Norton, an early settler on the Carolina Coast. Her father, William, was a Revolutionary Soldier. A resident of New Orleans, De Bow used his magazine to advocate the expansion of Southern agriculture and commerce so that the Southern economy could become independent of the North. He warned constantly of the South's "colonial" relationship with the North, one in which the South was at a distinct disadvantage. De Bow became nationally known for an editorial he penned about the status of the territory obtained from the Mexican Cession of 1848. He claimed that the federal Union could collapse once the North's number of representatives exceeded those of the Southern states in the United States House of Representatives. Moreover, one additional free state at the time would have tipped the balance in the United States Senate to the North, which had the large majority of the population. De Bow hence proposed a legislative compromise to guarantee Southern rights in a Northern-majority Union. U.S. Senator Henry Clay of Kentucky took up the cause and cemented together a five-part Compromise of 1850, which permitted the admission of California into the Union as a free state. However, Southerners were given a concession: a stronger Fugitive Slave Law, contrary to the Constitution. De Bow later opposed the fugitive slave measure on the grounds that runaway slaves could likely gain freedom in the North from sympathetic anti-slavery juries for reasons including that slavery was unconstitutional and/or that no laws authorized slavery (cf. jury nullification). On January 2, 1861, De Bow joined fellow Fire-Eater Lieutenant Governor H. M. Hyams at the Orleans Theatre in urging immediate Southern secession from the Union. Some of the speeches were delivered in French because of the Creole members of the audience. Voters went to the polls five days later to choose delegates to a state convention to consider secession. The secessionists prevailed by an eight-to-five margin. Two days after that election, Louisiana proceeded to seize the federal arsenal at Baton Rouge. Among authors who contributed to De Bow's Review was the Southern surgeon and medical writer Samuel A. Cartwright, who was an authority on the establishment of sanitary conditions and also an advocate of the pro-slavery argument. 

Price: 399.99 USD

Location: Fort Lauderdale, Florida

End Time: 2024-10-26T22:34:31.000Z

Shipping Cost: 0 USD

Product Images

RARE! "19th Century Publisher” J. D. B. De Bow Cut Signature

Item Specifics

Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer

All returns accepted: Returns Accepted

Item must be returned within: 14 Days

Refund will be given as: Money back or replacement (buyer's choice)

Industry: Historical

Signed: Yes

Original/Reproduction: Original

Recommended

RARE-ANTIQUE 19TH CENTURY FRENCH ROCOCO LOUIS XV CAST BRONZE PICTURE FRAME
RARE-ANTIQUE 19TH CENTURY FRENCH ROCOCO LOUIS XV CAST BRONZE PICTURE FRAME

$50.00

View Details
RARE! “19th Century 3rd Viscount Hood" Samuel Hood-Tibbits Clipped Signature
RARE! “19th Century 3rd Viscount Hood" Samuel Hood-Tibbits Clipped Signature

$199.99

View Details
RARE! 19th AVENUE San Francisco Bay Area SKATEBOARDING Sealed NEW DVD
RARE! 19th AVENUE San Francisco Bay Area SKATEBOARDING Sealed NEW DVD

$6.50

View Details
Rare 19th Century Meriden Bronze Brass Enameled Paint Banquet Table Lamp 22"
Rare 19th Century Meriden Bronze Brass Enameled Paint Banquet Table Lamp 22"

$120.00

View Details
BEAUTIFUL RARE PAIR COALPORT CABINET PLATES 19TH CENTURY
BEAUTIFUL RARE PAIR COALPORT CABINET PLATES 19TH CENTURY

$500.00

View Details
RARE! "19th Century Maine Congressman" Samuel Benson Hand Written Note
RARE! "19th Century Maine Congressman" Samuel Benson Hand Written Note

$499.99

View Details
RARE! "19th Century Dramatist" Clyde Fitch Cut Signature
RARE! "19th Century Dramatist" Clyde Fitch Cut Signature

$99.99

View Details
Rare Antique 19th Century Chinese Porcelain Opi*m Bowl with Collar
Rare Antique 19th Century Chinese Porcelain Opi*m Bowl with Collar

$99.90

View Details
Rare 19th Century Antique Patented 1873 Wood Puzzle Book Still Bank
Rare 19th Century Antique Patented 1873 Wood Puzzle Book Still Bank

$310.00

View Details
RARE! “19th Century Unitarian Minister" Orville Dewey Clipped Signature
RARE! “19th Century Unitarian Minister" Orville Dewey Clipped Signature

$49.99

View Details