Border State Convention analyzed before Lincoln inauguration
The piece argues the Border State Convention is a disloyal move threatening the Union. It decries slaveholding influence, warns of Confederate victory if concessions are granted, and calls for preserving the Constitution and national unity without further compromising liberty. It foresees a bleak outcome regardless of the convention's results.
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Sermon Shapes Political Views in Wisconsin Debate
In Basscott Wisconsin a Sunday sermon described as powerful and divisive stirs political passions among Democrats. It argues slavery as divinely sanctioned and eyes Lincoln as key to national fate, while warning of a corrupted federal government and urging unity under reform to restore the Union.
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Union Victory and Political Shifts Amid Civil War News
The Latest News reports a signed 825,069,000 loan bill and electoral votes counted for President and Vice President, with Davis declared President and A. I. Stevens as Vice President of the government. The Little Rock Arsenal is ceded to rebels, Georgia’s Gov. Brown joins New York vessels at Savannah, and Fort Sumter’s siege dynamics are debated. Tennessee’s election returns show over 60,000 Union majority and about 20,000 against a convention, signaling loyalty to the Union. Obituaries note Mrs. Patey Allen, 116, and Mrs. Burch, 112, both aged greatly.
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Savanah
Tenn
Joe Assox
Union
Jackson
Tennessee
Bravery in a Southern cause sparks debate on education and slavery
A Southern writer argues that educating enslaved people and poor whites threatens slavery, urging a unified government to crush reforms. The text cites Northern free schools, biblical irony, and Providence guiding liberty while condemning efforts to educate the underclass as ruinous to the South and humanity.
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Portugal
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Fragmented Civil War Era Letters and Speeches From 1861
A long excerpt of dated dispatches and opinion pieces from February 1861 discuss slavery, religion, and the Union. It contrasts northern abolitionist progress with southern secession, notes Lincoln's farewell speech, and reports on Virginia's stance and border-state reactions. The text includes remarks attributed to Prescott and mentions a railroad departure and a commission lineup.
Border and Gulf States views on slavery and coercion
A Charleston Mercury correspondence argues South Carolina will resist measures to spread slavery into border states. Wisconsin supports preserving the Union while opposing universal slavery expansion, and many Southern figures condemn coercion. The Albany Free Journal notes widespread anti coercion sentiment among lawbreakers and officials.
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South Carolina
Gulf State
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