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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1860
Page
2
The Ellington Republican Club plans a basket picnic at Sulphur Springs on Saturday September 6 at ten o clock. Honey Creek Gilmer Ursa and county clubs are urged to cooperate for a strong canvass. Distinctive speakers in English and German will address attendees and bolster the cause.
A large Republican rally is planned for Saturday August 25 in Stone's Prairie. Payson Fall Creek and five other Republicans urge turnout to energize the campaign, inviting all parties and locals to attend and boost business and support for the cause.
Hon L H Waters of Macomb will address Adams county voters on important issues at La Prairie August 28 at 2 PM Camp Point Liberty Newtown and Quincy dates. schedule lists times and places for public meetings around Aug 20 21 30 7 PM 3 7.
The Republicans of Mendon and vicinity announce a mass meeting in Mendon on Saturday the first of September. C H Browning Jack Grinha w and Ben Prentiss will attend to speak to the people. Republicans and all others from surrounding towns are invited. Speaking begins at 2 o clock PM. Ladies are particularly invited.
The Mendon area plans a Saturday September 1 rally, with Republicans vowing a cordial welcome as they aim for the county’s largest meeting yet. The piece contrasts Douglas and Clay, recalling 1844 quips about Henry Clay from Douglas supporters and urging Clay-Whigs to respond.
Last Saturday Beverly Republicans held a meeting in a shaded grove with water on hand while a counter meeting of Democrats, about a thousand strong, gathered in the square under sun and heat. Speeches by Wentworth Prentiss John Williams and others praised Republican enterprise and boosted prospects for victory.
A Warsaw Bulletin excerpt dated Aug 20 1860 reports Joseph Smith Jr and Mormon followers planning to relocate to Nauvoo Illinois. Hancock county residents are urged to hold precinct meetings and pass resolutions opposing emigration to prevent public disturbance and political alignment benefiting Democrats in Lee county. The letter notes Edmunds has secured land near the steamboat landing for Mormon use.
A massive procession gathers in Galesburg with 17 train cars carrying delegates from Augusta Macomb Bushnell Avon Prairie City and other towns. Speakers include Trumbull Lovejoy Kellogg and Grimes with 15 000 to 75 000 attendees amid heat and a Wide-Awake torchlight ending.
The Boston speech portrays William H. Seward predicting the end of the Democratic Party as Lincoln rises, with Douglas depicted as nearly dead. The piece argues the Republican rise proves Seward’s warning, urging voters to reconsider backing “chain Democracy” in presidential elections.
The piece notes a Baltimore era drift toward coalition with the Know Nothings and other factions as Republicans gain strength. It cites figures like Erastus Brooks and Leslie Coombs, warns of Catholic bishops and foreign voters, and predicts a Republican rise if a cross-party alliance fails. It also rails against itinerant tree peddlers.
A 1859 letter debate cites Douglas’s stance on squatter sovereignty versus constitutional power. It highlights his admission that a territory has only powers from Congress and questions where territorial sovereignty lies, urging the Quincy Herald to print Douglas’s own words.
The large Republican gathering in Quincy is urged with Browning Williams Jonas Grimshaw and others slated to speak. Delegations from Burton Newtown and Fall Creek will meet at Payson to raise a 140 foot pole then join others for the march to the meeting.
The old line democracy held its county convention at Odd Fellows Hall and nominated a county ticket including Representatives Thomas C. Youxe Richfield Robert Warner Concord Sheriff Jacob W. Carpwett Quincy Circuit Clerk Josephn Woop Beverly Coroner G J Scroccs Clayton A committee was named to nominate a candidate for Congress in the district Judge Carts will stump the district starting Saturday at Griggsville He has 1 500 offices to mobilize and a stampede from Douglasism to the Regulars is anticipated.
A Quincy Whig and Republican club letter invites Republicans of Quincy and nearby areas to a grand rally on August 30 in Scarpstown. Speakers include Judge Trumbull Lovejoy O H Brown and others. The steamer Progress will connect with the morning Great Western railroad train at Meredosia for the event.
The Springfield Journal outlines Buck Morris’s Decatur speech backing Douglas over Lincoln. Morris hails Douglas as a national and Union man, blasts Lincoln as sectional, and argues the North should arrest slavery’s spread. He rails at Lincoln’s supporters, cites Henry Clay, and notes debates over emancipation and 1850s compromises.
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