July 14th, 2011
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Pair of “DAILY LOUISVILLE DEMOCRATS” dated July 18, 1860 and September 19, 1860, both complete with manuscript “State Dept.” at top margin, and full of election news, most notably in favor of Stephen Douglas and the Democratic Convention, with nice illustrated “FOR PRESIDENT, STEPHEN ARNOLD DOUGLAS, of ILLINOIS. FOR VICE-PRESIDENT HERSCHEL V. JOHNSON, of GEORGIA.” with globe and American flag. Also a $5,000 bet “that Douglas will beat Breckinridge 50,000 votes in Indiana” Much much more. Very good condition. (2 items) At the convention in Charleston's Institute Hall in April 1860, 51 Southern Democrats walked out over a platform dispute, led by William Lowndes Yancey. Yancey and the Alabama delegation left the hall and they were followed by the delegates of Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, Texas, three of the four delegates from Arkansas, and one of the three delegates from Delaware. The Democrats convened again at the Front Street Theater in Baltimore, Maryland on June 18. This time 110 southern delegates (led by “Fire-Eaters”) walked out when the convention would not adopt a resolution supporting extending slavery into territories whose voters did not want it. Some considered Horatio Seymour a compromise candidate for the Democratic nomination at the reconvening convention in Baltimore. Seymour wrote a letter to the editor of his local newspaper declaring unreservedly that he was not candidate for either spot on the ticket. After two ballots, the remaining Democrats nominated the ticket of Stephen A. Douglas of Illinois for President. Benjamin Fitzpatrick was nominated for vice president, but he refused the nomination. That nomination ultimately went to Herschel Vespasian Johnson of Georgia.
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