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Savior

From The New-York Times February 6, 1861: GOV. SEWARD’S VIEWS ON SAVING THE UNION. — The Washington correspondent of the Boston Advertiser gives the following reply of Gov. SEWARD, to the urgent requests that he would assent to measures of … Continue reading

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Bunker Hill Meeting for Union and Crittenden’s

From The New-York Times February 4, 1861: UNION MEETING IN CHARLESTOWN, MASS. BOSTON, Saturday, Feb. 2. A great and enthusiastic meeting was held last evening in the City Hall at Charlestown, over which Hon. B.R. THOMPSON presided. The speakers included … Continue reading

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Let Them Go!

More Evidence of Dis-united North A month after South Carolina officially seceded from the Union Wendell Phillips, a well-known abolitionist, gave a speech in Boston. The main idea: if a state wants to secede, let it. From The New-York Times … Continue reading

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Diogenes Campaigns for Lincoln?

The More things Change … We have mentioned that on November 2, 1860 there was a huge Republican rally in New York City. William H. Seward was the main speaker. The Wide Awakes were understandably a big part of the … Continue reading

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Seward Refuses Obeisance to King Cotton

William H. Seward, a Republican U.S. senator from New York, was hitting the campaign trail hard during the week before the presidential election of 1860. On October 30th he spoke before 15,000 people in Lyons, New York, a small town … Continue reading

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