Speech of Hon. John W. Ellis, delivered before the Democratic State Convention, in Raleigh, March 9, 1860
Contributors: Democratic Party (N.C.). State Convention; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Documenting the American South (Project); University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library
Edition: Electronic ed.
Publisher: Academic Affairs Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Chapel Hill, N.C.]
Language: eng
Subjects: Campaign literature; Antislavery movements; Politics and government; Democratic Party (N.C.)
Other titles: The North Carolina experience, beginnings to 1940.
Description: Acceptance speech by John W. Ellis upon receiving the party's nomination to run for Governor of the state of North Carolina. He talks primarily about the Democrats' responsibility to defeat black Republicans and abolitionists like Wm. H. Seward, and reaffirms the right of citizens to own slaves.
Notes: Title from electronic title page (viewed January 30, 2003)

This electronic edition is part of the UNC-CH digitization project's database, Documenting the American South.  It is a part of the collection The North Carolina experience, beginnings to 1940.

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Transcribed from: Speech of Hon. John W. Ellis, delivered before the Democratic State Convention, in Raleigh, March 9, 1860. Raleigh : "Standard" Office Print, 1860. 15 p. ; 23 cm. Includes "Extract from the Debates of the Convention of 1835 (Page 82.)"--p. 15.

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