Category Archives: The election of 1860

News from the presidential election of 1860

Plantation Owner Pins Hopes on Gridlock

Posted on November 13, 2010 by admin

And the Little Giant Agrees From The New-York Times. November 15, 1860: A FEW SEASONABLE WORDS. The National Intelligencer publishes the following letter from a “Southern Cotton Planter,” whom it states, is a gentleman of high character, a native of … Continue reading →

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“Secession in New-York”

Posted on November 12, 2010 by admin

OK. I admit it – my eyes bulged out of my head when I read this headline from The New-York Times. The main idea was that Southern medical students met to decide whether, given Lincoln’s election and the secessionist activities … Continue reading →

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Possible Rebellion – Against Alabama

Posted on November 9, 2010 by admin

According to The New-York Times the government of Alabama was making plans for a possible “Black Republican” victory in the 1860 presidential election at least 9 months earlier. Some freemen did not take kindly to what they viewed as unlawful … Continue reading →

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Wide-Awakes Celebrate; Minute Men Expand

Posted on November 8, 2010 by admin

I’ve definitely been learning about how many political organizations were extremely active throughout the country during the 1860 election. The Republican- supporting Wide-Awakes seem to have been everywhere in the North with torch-lit processions marching for their man Lincoln. As … Continue reading →

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Lincoln Pumps Fists in Victory? No

Posted on November 7, 2010 by admin

Lincoln’s Reaction to His Election As other Civil War sites have noted, there was the expected strong and negative reaction to Lincoln’s victory throughout the South. On November 8, 1860, The New-York Times. published a report from the President-elect’s home … Continue reading →

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Cotton Piled Up from Memphis to Vicksburg

Posted on November 6, 2010 by admin

In 1860 the presidential election was held on November 6th. One of the Headlines from The New-York Times. that day sure sounded ominous: Immediate Secession Recommended by the Governor of South Carolina. The Times carried a lot of news from … Continue reading →

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Diogenes Campaigns for Lincoln?

Posted on November 5, 2010 by admin

The More things Change … We have mentioned that on November 2, 1860 there was a huge Republican rally in New York City. William H. Seward was the main speaker. The Wide Awakes were understandably a big part of the … Continue reading →

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800 Irish Laborers Disappear!

Posted on November 4, 2010 by admin

There is an interesting post at Seven Score and Ten about possible fraud in Louisiana during the 1860 presidential election. The fire-eating “Yanceyites” were apparently trying to to fake-out supporters of Bell, the candidate of the Constitutional Union party. Similar … Continue reading →

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Seward Refuses Obeisance to King Cotton

Posted on November 4, 2010 by admin

William H. Seward, a Republican U.S. senator from New York, was hitting the campaign trail hard during the week before the presidential election of 1860. On October 30th he spoke before 15,000 people in Lyons, New York, a small town … Continue reading →

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Minute Men Proselytize Memphis

Posted on November 2, 2010 by admin

I’ve been learning how political groups were formed during the highly contentious election of 1860. Wide-Awakes for Lincoln; Little Giants for Douglas. Recently I posted an excerpt from The New-York Times. that described South Carolina’s Minute Men, who organized to … Continue reading →

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