THE PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN: LETTER FROM BALTIMORE; THE CAMPAIGN AT THE SOUTH; CALIFORNIA-Waste Material for a Sensation (10/18/1860)

New York Times - Times Machine ^ | 10/18/1860

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From Our Own Correspondent. BALTIMORE, Tuesday, Oct. 16, 1860. The political condition of Maryland is now invested with more than ordinary interest. A few candid unbiased remarks, therefore, regarding the matter, may not prove unwelcome. Until recently, all parties and factions, as if by common consent, conceded the electoral vote of Maryland to BELL and EVERETT. A change, however, has taken place in public sentiment, or rather among politicians, and now, to say the least of it, doubts are expressed. The old American Party, since its defeat in Baltimore by the Reformers, has ceased to exist under that name and organization, and many of its members consider themselves free to act in future as may seem to them best. It is true, unmistakably so, that in the recent municipal contest politics were considered ignored, and large numbers of Union men, advocates of BELL and EVERETT, numbering probably three to four thousand, voted the reform ticket They did this as an independent act of conscientious duty, rising paramount to any partisan proclivities, and I believe they will do it again. The fact, notwithstanding, has disappointed and soured quite a formidable voting element in the constitutional Union ranks, which in retaliation threatens to punish deserting partisans by operating against them at the ensuing Presidential election. Persons thus chagrined say, "You defeated our candidates for the Mayoralty and City Council; and, as one good turn deserves another, we will defeat yours for the Presidency." This spirit was quite prevalent for some days. It broke out in practical as well as audible demonstrations. Hence accessions to the Republican ranks, the formation of "Wide-Awake" clubs, &c., heretofore noticed.

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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

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The Presidential Campaign: Letter from Baltimore – 2
The Campaign at the South: Effect of the Pennsylvania Election – 2
Disunion at the South: Opinions of Southern Journals – 2-3
Political Miscellany: Wide-Awake Parade in Boston – 3
Republican Mass Meeting: Addresses by Carl Schurz, Hon. James A Briggs and Others – 3
California: Waste Material for a Sensation – 3-4
Military and Naval Intelligence – 4-5
Editorial: New-York Crowds – 5
The Prince’s Ball – 5
Arrival of the Pike’s Peak Express – 5
Proposed Trade Extension of Philadelphia – 5
Collision at Ogdensburgh – 5
Earthquake – 5
Arrival of the Overland Mail: Lieut. Beale’s Expedition Safe – 5-6
The Young Guard of Richmond at Baltimore – 6
The Horse Market – 6