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Newspaper
Prescott Transcript
Location
Prescott, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1860
Page
2
A Republican gathering at Diamond Bluff on Saturday will be addressed by P. W. Wise and others. The meeting aims for a large turnout and an interesting time. It will consider holding another Grand Class Meeting and securing distinguished speakers from abroad, along with other important business.
A historical letter by Geo. N. Saenders questions President Buchanan and Douglas, arguing Buchanan rode Democratic support and Cincinnati Platform to the presidency while Douglas claims the same party leadership. The piece critiques duplicity, policy stances on squatter sovereignty, and federal actions in Kansas, calling out contrasts in their public careers and loyalties.
The Mass Mixtree at Springfield drew an immense crowd with not less than 115000 showing eager support for Honest Old Abe. Lincoln's front steps were watched by a cheering multitude as delegates, clubs, bands, and speakers from across Illinois proclaimed his inevitability ten weeks before the vote.
The convention elected H W Hubbard as chair and Geo A Dill as secretary. Delegates from Chippewa Eau Claire Dunn and Pierce counties attended. Chas Tewksbury won the delegate seat to La Crosse, later unanimous for Tewksbury and Washburn, with resolutions urging delegates to back Luther Sanchez and Joseph Sleeper. Additional notes cover election outcomes in St Louis and political opinions on the Mexican War and slavery debates.
The Southern Confederacy declares the South will never permit Abraham Lincoln to be inaugurated president. Reports note threats and potential violence across the nation, with gruesome imagery used to stress resolve. Meanwhile arrest warrants target Josiah H. Bissell and Walter F. Chadwick for conspiring to burn the Rock Island Railroad bridge, with Bradley the detective implicated in arranging the case. Chadwick bail set at $5,000. Bissell jailed for $8,000. A new paper, the Republican, starts in Watoma Wisconsin, edited by KL Curtis with A J Lawsen as local, while Bradford, Wright’s manager, is captured near Pen Hook and held in Terre Haute for examination.
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