THE ELECTION: HOW THE RESULT IS RECEIVED; CONJECTURES ABOUT THE CABINET; POLITICS IN ALABAMA (11/9/1860)

New York Times - Times Machine ^ | 11/9/1860

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Special Dispatch to the New-York Times. SPRINGFIELD, Ill., Thursday, Nov. 8. Speculation is rife among prominent politicians most intimate with the President elect and supposed therefore to be well-informed as to his probable course. The composition of his Cabinet is freely canvassed, and the following are the names most prominently mentioned: FOR SECRETARY OF STATE. WILLIAM H. SEWARD..............New-York. SIMON CAMERON..................Pennsylvania. WILLIAM C. RIVES................Virginia. FOR SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR. JOHN BELL .......................Tennessee. FOR SECRETARY OF WAR. CASSIUS M. CLAY ...................Kentucky. FOR POSTMASTER-GENERAL. SCHUYLER COLFAX...............Indiana. _____ CHANDLER.................Michigan.

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

Posting history, in reverse order

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The Election: How the Result is Received – 2-6
Politics in Alabama – 6
Editorial: The South in Motion-The Prospects of Disunion – 6-7
The Election as Viewed by the John Brown Men – 7
Another Steamboat Blown Up: Explosion of the Propeller Globe – 7
Naval Intelligence: Safety of the “Seminole” – 7
General City News – 7
Arrival of the Empire City at New Orleans – 7
The New-York State Printing – 7
The Steamer Chippewa Valley Sunk – 7

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It’s getting real interesting now.