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Tag Archives: 1860 Election
Fire-Eater Plays Lexington
William Lowndes Yancey was a well-known Fire-Eater. Fire-Eaters were a group of Southerners who strongly supported states rights, slavery and the resumption of the slave trade, and eventually secession. On October 23, 1860 (about two weeks before the presidential election) … Continue reading
Posted in 150 Years Ago This Week, The election of 1860
Tagged 1860 Election, Fire-Eaters, Nullification
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“A Fall in the Price of Cotton and Negroes”
Recently I posted an excerpt from the October 18, 1860 issue of The New-York Times. about the Minute Men in South Carolina. In the same issue The Times published more Southern reaction to the big Republican victories in the state … Continue reading
Posted in 150 Years Ago This Week, The election of 1860, Uncategorized
Tagged 1860 Election, cotton, Slavery
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Abraham Lincoln Creates Fusion
Or, Anybody but Lincoln According to the October 24, 1860 issue of The New-York Times. there was a huge Fusion demonstration in New York the night before. 25,000 supporters of Douglas, Breckenridge, and Bell-Everett marched through the city streets to … Continue reading
The Mystery of The Little Giants
Meandering through the Seneca Fall (NY) public library recently I noticed a shelf filled with some interesting-looking notebooks (no, not laptops, actual old-fashioned three-ring binders). These binders contained archival material from the village historian. They were arranged by date from … Continue reading
Election? What Election? The Prince Is in Town!
A few days ago I reviewed The New York Times The Complete Front Pages 1851-2008 for articles from 150 years ago this week. It was a bit challenging finding Civil War related articles because much of the front pages were … Continue reading
