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Newspaper
Cartersville Express
Location
Cartersville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1860
Page
3
Vivid call to readers to spread the Express during the campaign at 50 cents. Urges neighbors to share the paper and support Breckinridge and Lane with strong collective effort. Repeats low price and asks friends to circulate the paper to win victory.
Hon Robt Toombs, esteemed Senator, will speak to residents of this and neighboring counties at this location on Thursday the 50th of the current month. All are urged to attend.
The August 6 1560 Georgia canvass opens with parties naming electors. Breckinridge champions invoke Union and equality of states while the Opposition and Constitutional Union slate claim no principle. Anti-Southern Freesoiler is last. Georgians to decide votes, with Col Lewis Yuruliu for Breckinridge, Col J R Parrett for Bell, Col F W Harris for Poudas Cass county. The piece urges voting for principle to preserve the Union and rights of all sections.
The text cites Breckinridge and Bollon positions on slavery extending into new territories. It discusses the Watchman and Southern Address, urging “Hands off” to Congress or territorial legislatures, and an appeal for campaign support and names of supporters. A letter from J F Clements of Lowndes County Alabama declines elector on the Douglas ticket, arguing the issue is clearly made and support should go to the candidate aligned with the cause.
In Canton Cherokee county a large crowd gathered on sale day to endorse Breckinridge and Lane for President and Vice President. The meeting adopted unanimous resolutions urging Congressional protection for Southern property and pledging support for the Breckinridge Lane ticket in the November election. Aug. 7, 1860. Cherokee.
The Southern Difederacy editor at Atlanta disputes his paper's own earlier stance on Douglas while the Southern Confederacy asserts unwavering disunion and opposes non intervention. It cites past criticisms of Douglas and Hickman and argues the North coopts non intervention to hinder Southern interests.
The piece cites Southern criticisms of Senator Douglas amid tensions over slavery and partition, indicating support for a Black Republican president and division if needed. It notes a Bell and Everett Convention in Minceportville with delegates and electors chosen, and includes a brief obituary for Milly Alice Smith aged 9 months.
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