MR. DOUGLAS WILLING TO GIVE THE ELECTION TO MR. LINCOLN ... PHILADELPHIA, July 23, 1860. DEAR SIR: -- Your favor has just been placed in my hands. The words of Judge DOUGLAS, as nearly as I ...

STONINGTON, Tuesday, Oct. 9, 1860. To the Editor ... At the recent election in the town of New-London, two Democratic tickets were run for Selectmen; the Douglas ticket received 132, and the ...

The simmering national issue that pitted southern planter “aristocracy” against northern democracy was quickly coming to a boiling point by the election of 1860. The greatest ... Northern Democratic ...

The 1860 election pitted Republican Abraham Lincoln against Democrat Stephen Douglas. At the center of the contest was Lincoln’s simple declaration that all men are created equal and that ...