Editorials: Politics at the South, Mr. Douglas at Rest, Terrorism in Texas, The Slave-Trade; Failure of Capt. Ewell’s Campaign Against the Apaches (8/10/1860)

New York Times - Times Machine ^ | 8/10/1860

[Homer_J_Simpson]

The recent elections in the South and West show unexpected and curious results. Gen. COOMBS has probably been elected to office in Kentucky, -- receiving a good many Douglas votes in addition to those of the Bell party and the Republicans. BLAIR is elected to Congress, in St. Louis, and everything indicates a substantial union of the Whigs, Americans and Republicans in that State. The election in North Carolina developed an unexpected degree of strength on the part of the Opposition, although the State remains in the hands of the Democracy. These things show that in the Slave States the Democratic strength has been greatly overrated, and that there is a very large and powerful minority in all of them, and in some an absolute majority, who will not be dragooned into giving the Slavery question that absolute and despotic predominance in national politics which has been asserted for it. They render it more than probable that Kentucky, Tennessee, Maryland, Delaware and Missouri will cast their votes against the Presidential candidate who has been nominated as the special representative of the slave-holding interest. Missouri may vote for DOUGLAS: -- the others named will probably vote for BELL. But they will all pronounce decisively and loudly, not only against the secessionism of YANCEY and his gang of conspirators, but also against the disunionism of those who, with BRECKINEIDGE for their leader, would make Slavery the paramount interest of the Republic.

[Homer_J_Simpson]

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.
Reading: Self-assigned. Recommendations made and welcomed.

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Editorial: Politics at the South – 2
Editorial: Mr. Douglas at Rest – 2
Editorial: Terrorism in Texas – 2-3
Editorial: The Slave-Trade – 3
Failure of Capt. Ewell’s Campaign Against the Apaches – 3
Base Ball: Atlantic vs. Excelsior – 3-4
The Hot Weather: Reports of it at Home and Abroad – 4
Cricket: St. George’s vs. Montreal – 4
The Sewing-Machine Patent – 4
Departure of Ocean Mails – 4

[jmacusa]

One hundred and sixty years ago and The NY Times was shilling for Democrats.

Their editorial board was happy Stephen Douglas was taking a break from campaigning.