THE GALE IN THE GULF; Editorials-The Slave-Trade and the Election, Ruin of the Regency (9/19/1860)

New York Times - Times Machine ^ | 9/19/1860

[Homer_J_Simpson]

The ship Galena, which went ashore in the late gale, has returned to this city for repairs. The brig West Indian, which went to sea, wast lost at Pass a L'Outre, together with ten lives. Several lighthouses on the Mississippi Coast were blown down by the gale.

[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.

Posting history, in reverse order

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The Gale in the Gulf – 2
The Case of Gordon, the Murderer – 2
Grand Lodge of United States I.O.O.F. – 2
The Grain Trade of Toronto – 2
Affairs in Texas: The Origin of the Recent Troubles – 2
Gen. Pillow Purchases Abducted Negroes – 2
Shocking Tragedy – 2
Editorial: The Slave-Trade and the Election – 2-3
The Geometry of Crowds – 3
Editorial: Ruin of the Regency – 3-4
The Lady Elgin Disaster-Want of Proper Precautions – 4
The Fate of Walker – 4
Affairs in Boston: The United States Convention of Universalists – 4

[Hebrews 11:6]

Presumably, the Gale in the Gulf was what we today label as “hurricane”.

[Homer_J_Simpson]

Sounds like. Many ships lost and lighthouses destroyed. Climate change has been a problem much longer than I suspected.

[Hebrews 11:6]

How droll.

It seems one thing to sink ships, but to wash away lighthouses....

[Tax-chick]

Fascinating bit on Page 2 about purported anti-slavery violence in Texas, now alleged to be false-flag pro-slavery violence intended to influence the presidential election.

The more things change, the more they stay the same.

[Tax-chick]

My family just got back from a visit to the South Carolina sea islands. The lighthouse on Hunting Island had to be relocated in the 1880s because the island was relocating itself, long before anyone could blame the situation on my van.

[Homer_J_Simpson]

It is interesting to observe history repeating, or rhyming or whatever, but I hope we can head off in a different direction before the part about artillery and federal installations comes around.

[Tax-chick]

There was also the bit about trying to calculate the crowd size at a political event based on the available area. Like, *literally* nothing changes!

One would like to avoid the involvement of artillery, though.