01 Nov 1860
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Newspaper
Tipton Advertiser
Location
Tipton, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 01, 1860
Page
1
A collage of 1860-era items includes fiction and social tales of Mary Murray and Frank Hastings, class tensions, and romance across social lines. It covers Paris catacombs rescue, a milliner daughter rising, and a debate on slavery policy with Douglas.
Kings County District Attorney John Winslow criticized regular Democracy and its convention delegates at a Brooklyn Young Men's Republican Association gathering. He cited ward delegates with indictments and crimes, arguing nominees for judges and sheriffs are controlled by criminal elements, undermining justice and endangering public trust.
The piece notes Douglas supporters in the South shifting to Breckinridge as Northern Free State voters doubt Douglas’ chances. It cites a Memphis Avalanche letter urging Tennessee Democrats to back Breckinridge and criticizes Douglas for weak chances. It questions Douglas voters’ wisdom versus Slavery advocates and mentions Lincoln Breckinridge or Lane as possible next president. It closes with a New Orleans Bubble on dissolution’s impact.
The speaker warns that a currency collapse and widespread ruin would strike New Orleans with real estate devalued to mere pennies on the dollar, cotton collapsing in price, and a land scourged by internal quarrels and civil bloodshed, likening it to a Mexico-like catastrophe on a continental scale.
Thaddeus Stevens denounces dissolution if Lincoln wins, condemning editors and Northern traders who threaten secession. He urges loyal citizens to reject disunion, warn that Northern resolve will test the South’s enemies, and to vote their sentiments to prove the union’s value.
Indianapolis Journal reports ex governor Paris C. Dunning and State Librarian Bryant have declared support for Abraham Lincoln as Douglas supporters reassess hope. The piece notes many Douglas men now see Lincoln as the only path to realizing their free labor and territorial policy without provoking the slave states.
Excerpts plot political lines as John Minor Botts denounces fusion ties and supports Lincoln. Tom Corwin blasts slavery, quotes Washington letters, and recaps Vermont races with Republican majorities. Douglas defense questions arise, while Shakespearean satire on campaign stumping closes the fragment.
Correspondent reports Turin's cabinet backing annexation of southern Italian provinces, Garibaldi’s delay criticized, Rome and Venice risks, while Austria faces Hungary unrest, rising taxes, and a looming Warsaw Congress as European diplomacy braces for conflict.
Alfred Hi Lewis of Philadelphia confirms a published statement from July 23 1860 in the North Carolina Standard. The note recounts Judge Douglas saying I will throw it over to Lincoln before it goes to the House with a violent gesture and an oath.
Montpelier October 16 Jacob Collamer was today reelected U S Senator for six years from March next The Senate vote was 27 to 1 and the House 198 to 24 Paul Dillingham opposed the reelection highlighting the political support in both chambers
In 1796 Tennessee’s first constitution allowed all free males over 21 to vote, with Gen Jackson a delegate who supported the negro equality clause. Free blacks voted in elections for years under that framework until a new constitution. The note suggests Douglasites calling themselves Jackson Democrats should reconsider their stance on racial equality.
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