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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1860
Page
2
The Republican and Wide Awake Clubs of Ellington invite all to a spring gathering near Franklin School House on Thursday October 11 changing from October 6. Prof Bull and B F Marsh will attend as a calling card for the Prosecuting Attorney race. Germans are especially invited and dinners are requested for a good time.
Republican candidate B F Mansw for the Fifteenth Circuit will address Adams and Hancock counties at Coatsburg Oct 12 2 PM Camp Point Oct 13 2 PM La Prairie Oct 13 2 PM Clayton Oct 15 2 PM Concord Oct 16 2 PM Newtown Richfield Oct 23 2 PM Beverly Oct 26 Payson Oct 8 2 PM Burton Oct 19 2 PM Marcelline Oct 19 2 PM Lima Oct 24 2 PM Other forekeys accompany Mansw WW Asbury and Henry Asbury will speak in Fall Creek Payson Camp Point La Prairie Clayton Columbus Marcelline Beverly late Oct 17.
A reader argues that Stephen A. Douglas supports carrying slavery into all Territories and States via the Constitution and calls for voting for Douglas and Freedom. It cites his Harper's Magazine stance, the Dred Scott decision, and the Baltimore convention Wickliffe clause as proof.
A St. Louis Republican dispatch reports a vast Quincy rally with estimates from sixty to eighty thousand. The procession stretched seven miles and featured speeches by Gen Copas of Iowa Ribben and others. Torchlit Night parade followed with three thousand Hickories amid strong enthusiasm. the item mocks St Louis for exaggeration. Missouri voting results on Hannibal and St. Joe railroad favor Lincoln over Bell and Breckinridge, with Breckinridge and Bell receiving strong support and Lincoln viewed as favored if Missouri leans that way.
A public note to Lord Lyons provokes Southern anger by inviting the Prince to see a plantation region, praising slaveholding as prosperity. The piece rebukes the invitation, praises Lincoln’s coming win, and predicts a Republican triumph with at least 176 electoral votes, denouncing Douglas and the Democratic party.
A New York Herald correspondent from Richmond hints Lincoln will be killed before or after inauguration to prevent a Black Republican administration. The piece mocks New York fusion, cites Pryor and Brady, and notes Seward and Evans as possible State and Senate appointees. It questions Douglas’ relevance and questions New York’s political fate.
The Cincinnati Commercial reports Abolitionists harshly attack the Republican Party in a recent address to the people. They call the Republican faction senseless and insincere and urge defeating the Republicans at the coming election. They question Seward and propose placing Abolitionists on the ticket with various party labels amid a call for strategic political moves.
A ball at Hamilton Ontario in honor of the Prince of Wales featured a German who occupied a shanty near the dancing hall. When offered money to leave, he demanded a huge sum. The committee built him in as a thematic display, using chimneys as Doric columns and festive decorations. Threats of fire were met by fire engines, leading to the German’s capitulation and the ball proceeding. The piece contrasts grit versus grit and references political satire about the Missouri Compromise and Irish votes in the city.
The Chicago gathering near the Wigwam drew an immense crowd to hear Gov. Seward speak for two hours. Reportedly 75,000 strangers filled streets and roofs, with a vast procession, Wide Awakes, and cheers. Lincoln residence notes and later plans in Springfield followed.
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