Toombs in Cartersville Aimed at Douglas and Slavery
The Hon. Robert Toombs spoke in Cartersville before about three to four hundred attendees. He defended the Fugitive Slave Law, attacked Douglas’s territorial policy, and contrasted Southern support with Northern opposition, noting Breckinridge supporters’ mixed enthusiasm and warning that popular sovereignty becomes dangerous when debated in Congress.
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Mr. Toombs
Cartersville
Robert Toombs
Breckinridgers
Toombs
Woombs
Mr. Douglas
Senate
South
Chicago
Douglas
Breckinridge
Territories
Congress
Territorial self government sparks secession debate
The piece argues against denying territorial self rule, explains land policy and speculation dynamics, and critiques figures like Mr Toombs and Mr Bell. It notes disunionist sentiment and a late insurrection rumor debunked by a local committee. The Montgomery Mail is quoted as misreporting a Northern man being killed by dogs and a negro plot in Adairsville, which investigators found unfounded.
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Atlanta
Adairsville
Georgia State Road
Montgomery Mail
Gordon
No Chance for Breckinridge
A prominent county citizen recently returned from the North says Breckinridge has no chance in the South. He favors Bell or Douglas and believes every Southern vote for Breckinridge helps Lincoln. He bases his view on conversations from Mississippi to Boston and asserts the evidence is strong.
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George the
United States
Toombs
John Bell
Bell
A. H. Colquitt
Douglas
Johnson
Judge Jones
Polk
Breckinridge
Ant
Lincoln
Memphis
Tam
Ely
Andrew Jackson
Times
Republic
Chicago
New Orleans
Ife
Lake Michigan
Crescent
Bluff
Senate
Temperance growth and court news in the county
Rev M A Leak reports six Sons of Temperance Divisions in the county at Cartersville Cassville Euharley Stamp Creek Ford's Furnace and Pine Log with others urged to organize. Superior Court session starts next Monday with fewer cases than in years, indicating improved local finances. Gen Houston withdraws as a presidential candidate in a letter.
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Sons of Temperance
M. A. Leak
Cartersville
Cassville
Euharley
Stamp Creek
Ford's Furnace
Pine Log
President Arbogast Moves to Cassville Seminary
A Staunton Virginia notice praises Rev B Axnocast former principal at Staunton Wesleyan Female Institute for resigning and taking charge of a seminary in Cassville Georgia. The piece notes his high qualifications and regrets his departure while anticipating broader usefulness in the South.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Staunton
Cassville
Old Dominion
Regia. Ter
Madison University honors Tuomas Raspach with LL D degree
Madison University New York conferred the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws on Tuomas Raspach, rector of Cherokee Baptist College and a distinguished fellow townsman, at the recent commencement ceremony.
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Madison University
N. Y
Tuomas Raspach
Cherokee Baptist College
Price presents fine basket of peaches from orchard
Col. N. F. Price sent a basket of peaches praised as unusually large for the year. The writer thanks him for the thoughtful gift and notes the fruit as a valued sample from his orchard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Col. N. F. Price
Cherokee Baptist College Exercises Resume Under Favored Auspices
The exercises of Cherokee Baptist College were resumed last Monday under more favorable auspices than the fall term usually commences with.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cherokee Baptist College
Mr Jennings Panoramic Views Attract Local Attention
Mr H Jennings displayed panoramic views last week featuring scenes from scripture and astronomical diagrams. His magic lantern demonstrations explained the laws of the sun moon and planets and were found interesting and instructive by attendees.
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H. Jennings
Jennings
Cass County Agricultural Fair Opens With Address Hon David W Lewis
The Cass County Agricultural Fair runs from the 25th to the 28th with Hon David W Lewis of Hancock County delivering an address on the 26th at 11 o clock. Other items note abolitionist conventions, Hicks still alive but in danger, electioneering visits to Ellijay Morganton, Herzberg stores in Cartersville and Calhoun, Letcher backing Douglas and Johnson, Tom Thumb to marry in Portland, and a Baptist revival in town with nightly prayer gatherings.
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Cass County
David W. Lewis
Hancock County
John M. Jackson, Esq
Douglas and Johnson
Ellijay
Morganton
Col. W. K. Moore
Breckinridge
Baptist Church
Tar Heel Adieu From Tar Heel Democrat Letter
A political letter recounts a Breckinridge Toombs campaign event at Fort Breckinridge with Senator Toombs's long speech, party tensions, and a shift in local allegiances. It notes attendees, remarks on Douglas Bell Everett and disunion talk, and ends with the writer’s farewell and pledge to join the military.
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Mr. Bvrron
Peas Camp
Fort Breckinridge
Hamilcar Toombs
Cobb
Lewis Tumlin
Breckinridge
Robt. Toombs
Ventesela
W. A. Stites
Chatham
Toombs
Stiles
Congress
Lige Chastain
South
South Carolina
Sait
Breck’s
Lane
Stephen A. Douglas
Douglas
Mr. Everett
Bell
John Bell
Tennessee
Mr. Bell
United States
Friends Land
Everett
Mr. Watts
Crawford
Brother Wikle
Tunnel Hill
Homer Virgil Milton Miller
Democratic Party
Yancey
Wikle
Larey
TAR Heel Democrat
Yancey Atlanta Speech Endorses Douglas In 1859
The Atlanta Confederacy notes Hon. Wm. L. Yancey praised Judge Douglas in 1859, calling him fearless and brilliant while denouncing Douglas as an “arch traitor” in current campaigns. It recalls Yancey’s earlier enconiums after Lecompton opposition and Freeport rhetoric, contrasting Georgia’s memory of Johnson as a steadfast Democrat.
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Yancey
Deuglas
National Democratic Party
Mr. Douglas
Judge Douglas
Douglas
Tlois
United States Senate
Republican Party
Lecompton
Herschel V. Johnson
Georgia
Gov. Johnson
South
Atlanta Confederacy
Protection in the Territories debated in Kentucky speeches
The Louisville Democrat questions the meaning of protection for slavery in new territories. It notes Kansas laws banning slavery, the failure of Brown of Mississippi to pass a slave protection bill, and accuses southern rights advocates of hypocrisy while threatening disunion if Congress acts contrary to their stated principles.
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Kentucky
Kansas
Senate
Brown
Miss
Union
Congress
Questions for the Seceders in the 1860 Convention
Questions for the Seceders recount demands and actions around the 1860 Democratic Convention. It cites efforts to insert a rejected doctrine, anticipated dissension, U.S. Senate opposition, walkouts at Cincinnati, repeated votes for Guthrie and Hunter, and alignment with Mr. Yancey’s Columbia speech urging Union dissolution if demands failed.
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Charleston
Senate
United States
Cincinnati
Kentucky
Mr. Guthrie
Hunter
Mr. Yancey
Columbia
S. C
Yancey
Union
Louisville Democrat
Douglas loyalty and Northern playoffs in 1860 rally
A Memphis writer defends Douglas against abolitionist attack, praising his moral rigidity and insistence on self government for slavery. Letters from James Johnson of Muscogee and Jamssey in Georgia endorse Douglas, while a Marion American report shows Breckinridge leading in Selma with a $500 bet on Douglas votes, underlining party divisions on slavery.
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James Jamssey
Vore
Setna
Marion
Douglas
Selma
Bell
Walker seizes Truxillo in decisive August action
From the New Orleans Delta details reach of Gen. Walker’s assault on Truxillo. The fort fell after dawn on August 6 after a brief fight. enemy losses reported heavy, Hondurean force estimated at four hundred. Walker holds the town for months with aid from Gen. Cabanas and growing native support. Clifton incident at Belize endangers cargoes en route to Ruatan. authorities deny seizure.
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Orlans
Truxillo
Walker
J. A. Taylor
Lombard
Ruatan
Avance
Wralker
Guardiola
Guatemala
Clifton
Belize
McCormick
Letter of Acceptance from N Bass in 1860 Milledgeville
N Bass accepts a National Democracy elector nomination for the Third District while reserving the right to vote for Douglas Bell or Breckinridge to defeat Lincoln. He expresses patriotism and readiness to serve, pending the committee's approval. The letter references a convention held August 11 and a nomination in Milledgeville.
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Bass
Macox
Milledgeville
Douglas and Johnson
Savill
Douglas
Johnson
National Democracy
Wi Gve
Bell
Breckinridge
Lincoln
N. Bass
Messrs
Amorose Spencer
Jonx R. Stoyces
W. K. DeGrarrensein
Insurrection Rumors in Talladega Stir Widespread
A letter from Talladega Alabama describes alleged Black insurrection plans with white residents arming and arrests of both races. It notes jail keys demanded, a white man hanged, and trials postponed amid calls to catch abolitionists. The Rome Courier reports Kingston’s W B Clayton appointed Atlanta agent for the G RR and Banking Co.
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Talladega
Als
Ala
Chinatree
Rome
W. W. Clayton Esq
Kingston
Atlanta
G. RR. & Banking Co
P. Brown
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J. R. Wikle
Cassville, Geo
National Democratic
Illinois
Alexander H. Stephens
Taliaferro
Augustus R. Wright
Floyd
Ernates T. P. Saffold
Morgan
James Gardner
Richmond
Jas. L. Seward
Thomas
Ad —B. Y. Martin
Muscogee
Nathan Bass
Bibb
Bibb —H. Warner, of Meriwether. —Jas. W. Harris, of Cass. —J. P. Simmons
Gwinnett
J. 8. Hook
Washington
J. Cumming
Jonax M. Jackson
Whitfield
Jons A. Cxawronn
Cass
Houston
Arbogast
Gerrett Smith
Syracuse
New York
Albert W. Hicks
Bledsoe Island
Messrs. Herzberg
Calhoun
Jas
Gov. Letcher
Virginia
Portland
Tom Thumb
Tar Heel
Wm. L. Yancey
The
Jas. Johnson
James Johnson
Mobile Register
Ade Q
Breck-Yancey
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