THE PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN: Speech of Hon John Sherman at Columbus, Ohio; Letter from Hon. Jefferson Davis (8/1/1860)

New York Times - Times Machine ^ | 8/1/1860

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Special Report for the New-York Times. COLUMBUS, Ohio, Saturday, July 28, 1860. Last evening Hon. JOHN SHERMAN delivered a short address, in the wigwam of the Lincoln Wide-Awake Club, to the citizens of this, the capital city of the State of Ohio. The speech was short, new and interesting. It was received with much applause, and as it seems to set forth the line of argument which the honorable gentleman will pursue during the conflict opening, I have thought it sufficiently interesting to transmit in full. The speech was as follows: FELLOW-CITIZENS: It gives me pleasure to meet so many of the citizens of my native State here at its Capital to discuss the great political issues of the day. I shall not attempt to-night either to please your fancy, to amuse you, or to divert your imagination; but I intend to invoke the sober judgment of American citizens and American voters upon some great political topics that I shall present to-night. We are on the eve of a Presidential campaign. Unlike former campaigns, two parties do not array themselves against each other for victory, but we have already four Presidential candidates in the field; each presented by large masses of our fellow citizens, and each demanding your support for the highest office in the gift of the American people. It is of the highest importance that the people of the United States should elect the next President.

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Free Republic University, Department of History presents U.S. History, 1855-1860: Seminar and Discussion Forum
Bleeding Kansas, Dred Scott, Lincoln-Douglas, Harper’s Ferry, the election of 1860, secession – all the events leading up to the Civil War, as seen through news reports of the time and later historical accounts

First session: November 21, 2015. Last date to add: Sometime in the future.
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The Presidential Campaign: Speech of the Hon. John Sherman at Columbus, Ohio – 2-4
Letter from Hon. Jefferson Davis – 4
The Slavery Excitement – 4
A Rebellion-Women in Arms – 4
Base Ball: Putnam vs. Atlantic – 4

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