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The Quiet Campaign
Remain inactive while the two Democratic nominees bitterly attack each other and divide their party’s vote, allowing Lincoln to triumph.
 

March 31, 1860, Leslie’s Illustrated, p. 282, col. 1-4
Profile of Stephen A. Douglas.

March 31, 1860, Leslie’s Illustrated, p. 283, col. 1
Profile of Stephen A. Douglas.

April 21, 1860, Harper’s Weekly, p. 241, col. 1-4
Illustration and profile of Senator Stephen A. Douglas.

April 21, 1860, Harper’s Weekly, p. 242, col. 1-4
Illustration and profile of Senator Stephen A. Douglas.

April 21, 1860, Harper’s Weekly, p. 242, col. 4
Editorial and article about upcoming Democratic Convention in Charleston, South Carolina

April 21, 1860, Harper’s Weekly, p. 243, col. 1
Editorial and article about upcoming Democratic Convention in Charleston, South Carolina

April 21, 1860, Harper’s Weekly, p. 248-249, col. 1-4
Editorial and article about upcoming Democratic Convention in Charleston, South Carolina

April 21, 1860, Harper’s Weekly, p. 250, col. 1-3
Editorial and article about upcoming Democratic Convention in Charleston, South Carolina

May 5, 1860, Harper’s Weekly, p. 276, col. 1-4
Reports on Democratic Convention.

May 5, 1860, Harper’s Weekly, p. 279, col. 1-3
Reports on Democratic Convention.

May 5, 1860, Harper’s Weekly, p. 284, col. 1-4
Reports on Democratic Convention.

May 5, 1860, Vanity Fair, p. 301, col. 2
The Charleston Bolt.

May 12, 1860, Harper’s Weekly, p. 294, col. 4
Reports on Democratic Convention.

May 12, 1860, Harper’s Weekly, p. 299, col. 4
Reports on Democratic Convention.

May 12, 1860, Harper’s Weekly, p. 300, col. 1-4
Reports on Democratic Convention.

June 30, 1860, The Campaign Plain Dealer, p. 4, col. 1-3
Report on the Baltimore Convention.

July 7, 1860, The Campaign Plain Dealer, p. 2, col. 1-2, 5
Why Breckinridge and Lincoln can’t win.

July 21, 1860, The Rail Splitter, p. 1, col. 3-4
Cartoon: “Our Portrait Gallery No. 5, The Split Tail Democracy” & Rail Lyrics No. 5.

July 21, 1860, The Campaign Plain Dealer, p. 2, col. 5
Cartoon and “advertisement” for Southern Democrats and “five lies in ten lines” about Breckinridge.

Aug 4, 1860, Harper’s Weekly, p. 486, col. 3-4
Speech by John Breckinridge.

August 4, 1860, The Rail Splitter, p. 1, col. 1-2
The Platform of the Douglas faction of the Democratic Party.

August 4, 1860, The Rail Splitter, p. 1, col. 2
The Platform of the Breckinridge faction of the Democratic Party.

August 11, 1860, The Campaign Plain Dealer, p. 1, Col. 1
Platform of the National Democratic Party (Douglas).

 

     
 

 

 
     
 

 

 
     

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