The Dolores star., 1924-06-13
O0AAS1E GNC4G0 Lsze

ssrti 70 slave-y; favored admitting Kansas as
free state t=1Ie5 Re r!gh; % congress TO give
legal existence % s-z-e-y. declared the right of
congress 10 P7pz-1.t 72.ysai1y; urged railroad
TO the PacL5c- s-1 Upheld liberty Of conscience
and equality q -tEt-s among citizens"
The popular vote q these issues was: Buchan-
an l@-'-.5; Ers-DC-t, 1tS9l,7s7; Fillmore, 934,-
SIS Of tie 20 electoral votes ia were cast for
Bcchansa, IL :o- Fremont and for Fillmore.
During tie administration of Buchanan history
bearing q tie slavery issue made rapidly.
Significant sTeots were: The Dred Scott decision
q tie United States Supreme court that no negro,
fcee OF slave vss E citizen with its Implication
that the Missouri Compromise had always been
thcnlStltrtipIal II Its discrimination against Sav-
er!: the tarCicel in Kans.s on the Lecomp-
ton pco-s!sveTy state constitution; the celebrated
-Fseepo-r Debates" of 1855 between Lincoln and
Douglas II the Illinois senatorial campaign in
which Lincoln forced Douglas to uphold the doc
time Of popular sovereignty" thus bringing about
hls own election to the presidency and the defeat
q Douglas IN 1860; the John Brown raid On Harp
eTs Ferry In Virginia In 1850
The result Of the Freeport Debates" as Lincoln
bad foreseen. was the splitting up of the Demo-
cratic Convention in April. 1860 ut Charleston, s.
C- by the withdrawal of Chairman Cushing and
many Southern Democrats. The Charleston Con-
vent!on nominated Douglas The seeding dele.
gates held rump Democratic Convention In BaltI-
more and nominated breckenridge. The platforms
The Second National Republican Convention met
in The Wigwam Chicago, May 1913, under the
chalrmanship of ex-Congressman George Ashmun of
massachusetts,. There were three ballots for tina
presidential nomination. The result of the first
was: U. s. Senator William H. Seward of New
York, 113; Abraham Lincoln 1O2; u s. Senator
Simon Cameron of Pennsylvania 80: ey-Goyer,or
Salmon p Chase of Ohio, 40; ex- CONGRESSMAN Ed
ward Bates of Missouri, 4S; Cen Wlllinm L. Day.
ton OF New Jersey, IA; q. s. Supreme Court Jus.
lce John Mclean of Ohio, II, and u s. Senator
Jacob Colamer Of Vermont 10 On the second
ballot Seward got 18i and Lincoln 49, During the
third bahot-when Seward had fallen to $50 and
Lincoln had risen to 231-WiIlIam NJ Evarts cI,oIr
man Of the New York delegation moved mat tho
nomination Of Lincoln be made unanimous rhs
400 delegates so voted. The nomination for vice
president went on the second ballot 10 4, G Con,
ator Hannibal Hann Of Maine Tho ,,Is,t,,ro
denounced the LecOmptOn cOnstitutio, ftS.,y..,
denounced slavery and denied the riyi,, n, c,,
gress to iegallze It; called for the admission q,
Kansas. and spoke for tariff for revenue ana N
protect Industrial development
lhe popular vote Of the election NJ IsGO yras.
Lincoln. l.SGG"52; Douglas, ly375Ig7: rrec1, e.-
ridge, S45,7G3; Bell fUnlon) 5s95s1 on ne an
electoral votes $50 were cast for I4ucosu. :. a.,
Breckenridge; 30 for Bell, and Y for Dsgzia,
The election and Inauguration II I>lfcofa f,,gq,.
the slavery issue 10 head Tie ciyf. war bezso
"lth the fan Of For Sumter. Apr.I l3 I3gJ
The EepUbca1 Convention pf 5se,4 ,,s4 Il, p.t,.
more and unanimously renofpinsted i,l,syl. o., -
hrst ballot Andrew johnson n J4..,.essAe -.
nominated for vice presldrn, Lf-looia glt zzfef,7
votes md Hcflellsn. the Dersocrsfie e,,5tls..
lsG3.723 10 tiiis eletion the t,iDngnz ,4s.sz ~
not T''"; Alat'ains. Arksnsss, Florlea. Geofy1s.
hisslssipfd, North Carolina, Gn1tb cs,aslrs. 1e,g,
and virginia. LyUislana szsg T1ernezsAs ~, -
hons ahd "srs carrfet fot Lnelsn Eg, ~, ,,4s
was not rseognizef. Lin@9p nzs sssa,,@..s,.1
April u, la'25 Jo,InSon ibsregt<>, s>s>,,.s -,
cent. lie Eas bnDeaefsf 10 Urn s.l .,r,,l. :,
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