Popular Sovereignty Debate Speech on Slavery Expansion
Douglas’s remarks denounce the doctrine of non intervention and squatter sovereignty. He claims New Mexico introduced and protected slavery across vast territory, converting free land into slave territory far beyond New York’s size, extending from the Rio Grande to the Gulf and up to 38 degrees, a degree and a half more slave territory than claimed.
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New Mexico
New York
Rio ‘Grande
Gulf of California
Republic of Mexico
Douglas
Republican Meeting at Center School House Postponed
A political gathering at Center School House Fall Creek was postponed from Saturday the 29th to Saturday August 11. Good speakers will attend the rescheduled event.
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Center School House
Fall Creek
Republican Meeting in Bloomfield Leans to Prentiss for Congress
The Republican Club of Old Adams will meet Thursday July 26 at four P.M. in Bloomfield. J. Day Tesry and Greevey speak as Republicans invite all county Republicans and Democrats to hear Republican principles. Captain Prentiss is endorsed for Congress for this district, described as a brave former soldier and a working rope-maker with strong ties to the people and their labor rights.
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Republican Central Committee
Umnoix
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Macomb
McDonough
Decathne
Adams
Hancock
Brown
McDonagh
Calhoun
Hemlerson
Pike
Schuster
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Quincy
Central
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Hamlin
Jurco
Old Adams
Bloomfield
Tesry
Greevey
Cal. Dudley
Vdos
H. Stewart
Congress
Capt
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Mr. Prex- Tiss
Captain Bes
Old
Virginia
Shams
Columbus
Lincoln and
Gilmer
Presbyterian Church
E. M Rite
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Jonas
Adams County
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Dick Yates
Little Dog
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Josh. S. Wood
Hampshire Street
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5Th
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Jersey
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Carl Schirz
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Mr. Schurz
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Luther
Nebraska
Chicago
Douglas
Breckinridge
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Court House
Delano
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Leiderkrantz
Barney's Speech Highlighted by Staats Anzeiger
The Staats Anzeiger of Springfield reports Arntzen's speech in German and English, noting he did not prepare and vows to do better next time. It also mocks the Herald in Quincy for inflating German voters and credits Barney with freeing a slave 15 years ago, framing him as a Republican.
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Arntzen
Jarrett, &c
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Quincy
Jarrett
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Wisconsin
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America
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Baden
Rhine
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the Rhine
Sareany
Mayor Jasper Defers Delegates Amid Saturday Clash
The Herald learns Mayor Jasper said his Saturday deferral was mean but the Captain warned him that worse is coming in the city election. The exchange hints at frank Democratic service and a rising, hair cloth shirt chapter for the party. Other supporters may step forward to the alter.
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the Herald
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Milwaukee Welcomes Carl Schurz and Lincoln Rally
A Milwaukee crowd celebrated Carl Schurz with a Republican rally echoing nationwide support for Lincoln and Potter. The German wards shifted strongly toward the GOP, with 600 and 500 marchers respectively, signaling a political revolution as German voters abandon the Democratic wing.
How to Get DoccuEsts For Republican Clubs
Guidance for party clubs on obtaining campaign documents. Urges each club to appoint an executive committee, raise a small fund, and order from the Republican Congressional Committee. Recommends Carl Schurz speech in Springfield and Lincoln’s Cooper Union talk as key texts, notes secretary Geo Harrington in Washington.
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Republican Congressional Committee
Carl _ Schurz
Springfield
Mass
Lincoln
Cooper Institute
New York City
Geo. Harrington
Washington D.C
Lincoln poised to carry the state by large margin says observer
A Town resident with broad connections reports strong Republican momentum and predicts Lincoln will win the state by about 10,000 votes, surpassing Fremont's 9,000 lead and the 1848 margin. The New York correspondent labels Douglas with derisive "dashed his brains out" epithet amid recent Senate moves.
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Lincoln
Fremont
Buchanan
Fillmore
Abe
Towa
Douglas
New York
Leaving a Sinking Ship as Lincoln Support Grows
The piece reports daily desertions from the Democratic to the Republican side. It notes individuals like Que hns and Doug Isschen claiming neighbors will switch to Lincoln. It claims meetings sway audiences, with hundreds joining the Lincoln cause and criticizing Douglas’s stance on slavery.
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Republican Party
Que Hns
Lincoln
Douglas
The Liberty Meeting Delegates Named In County Rally
A Liberty gathering welcomed Newtown delegates and tributes to Lincoln. C Greeley spoke, Grimshaw led a strong address, and local Republicans pledged to redeem the township from shams amid harvest time cheers. Strong names cited include Grover Waggoner Grubb Adams and Eberts among supporters.
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Col. Grimshaw
C. C. Tobin
C. Greeley
Archie Williams, Jr
Bradford
Uhdul
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P. B. Grover
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Abraham Carneys
E. Grubb
J. B. ‘Shahoney
C.G. Waggoner
J. Q. Adams
Newtown
Liberty Band
P.b.grover
Col Grimshaw
Grimshaw
Lincoln
Yates
EERTS
Eberts
Largest Republican meeting draws crowd at St Louis levee
The St. Louis Democrat reports that the largest gathering seen in St Louis occurred at a Republican meeting last Saturday evening at the levee. About 3,500 torches lit the scene as FE Glover and Frank Blair Jr spoke, with Blair earning strong approval from the crowd.
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Kas Merertic
St. Louis
Platform of Douglas Democracy in the South and North
The Douglas platform loyalty divides the North and South. The Southern Democracy urges union if federal policies repeal neutrality laws and slave trade restrictions, and favor reopening slave trade and enslaving free blacks. The Herald argues Douglas democracy supports union only under those terms, else disunion.
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