Jan. 4—"We wonder how many of our town (Danville) patrons will perform the righteous deed of paying their indebtedness to the Press Office on New Year's Day. Remember, friends, the second year of the ...
CHICAGO, Friday, Dec. 14, 1860. After nearly a ... readiness and humor for which M. LINCOLN is noted. At length, one of the party asked him if he had any news from the South.
In the election of 1860, Abraham Lincoln ran against John C. Breckinridge (Southern Democrat), John Bell (Constitutional Union), and Stephen A. Douglas (Northern Democrat). At this time, there were ...
The quiet, calm, constitutional election of ABRAHAM LINCOLN and HANNIBAL HANLIN ... on this 19th day of November, A.D. 1860, and of the independence of the United States of America the eighty ...
Considered one of the nation's greatest presidents, Abraham Lincoln remains ... elegant phrases of modern rhetoric, Lincoln's surprising election in 1860 helped spark the war itself.
When President Abraham Lincoln signed the ... that remained loyal to the Union. Yet Lincoln genuinely abhorred slavery. Six years before his election as president, he announced bluntly, “I ...
The election of a Republican, Abraham Lincoln, as President in 1860 sealed the deal. His victory, without a single Southern electoral vote, was a clear signal to the Southern states that they had ...
Lincoln’s election was itself evidence of the sectional discord that ... Major Acts In practical terms, the achievements of Abraham Lincoln are mammoth, yet simple to describe: he confronted the ...