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Harper’s Weekly – March 10, 1860
Harper's Weekly archives ^ | March 10, 1860

Posted on 03/10/2020 5:13:01 AM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson

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TOPICS: History
KEYWORDS: civilwar
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Free Republic University, Department of History presents U.S. History, 1855-1860: Seminar and Discussion Forum
Bleeding Kansas, Dred Scott, Lincoln-Douglas, Harper’s Ferry, the election of 1860, secession – all the events leading up to the Civil War, as seen through news reports of the time and later historical accounts

First session: November 21, 2015. Last date to add: Sometime in the future.
Reading: Self-assigned. Recommendations made and welcomed.

Posting history, in reverse order

To add this class to or drop it from your schedule notify Admissions and Records (Attn: Homer_J_Simpson) by reply or freepmail.

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1 posted on 03/10/2020 5:13:01 AM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson
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To: chajin; henkster; CougarGA7; BroJoeK; central_va; Larry Lucido; wagglebee; Colonel_Flagg; Amagi; ...
Charles Dickens’s New Serial – 1
Senator Hunter of Virginia – 1-4
Editorials – 4-5
The Lounger – 5-7
Humors of the Day – 7
General Amos Pillsbury – 8-10
Beauties of the Franking Privilege – 10
The Woman in White, by Wilkie Collins, Miss Halcombe’s Narrative Continued – 10-13
Dernier Resort – 13
Only a Woman’s Story – 13-14
Domestic Intelligence – 14-16
Foreign News – 16
The Gale of February Tenth in New York Bay – 17, 19
Encampment of the Argentine Troops on the Tigre – 18-19
The Uncommercial Traveler. No III. By Charles Dickens – 19-21
Delights of Housekeeping – 19
White Cats – 21-22
The Snow is Coming Down – 22
The Story of the Good Ship “Ann” – 22-23
The New Partner, or “Clingham & Co., Bankers, by Fitz Hugh Ludlow Chapter IX – 23-25
The Steamer “Peytona” – 25-26
The Mistress of the Parsonage, by Ela Rodman, Part III continued – 25-28
2 posted on 03/10/2020 5:15:03 AM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson ("Every nation gets the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))
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Continued from March 6 (reply #14).

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The Diary of George Templeton Strong, Edited by Allan Nevins and Milton Halsey Thomas

3 posted on 03/10/2020 5:25:40 AM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson ("Every nation gets the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))
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To: Homer_J_Simpson; DiogenesLamp; OIFVeteran; Bull Snipe; rockrr; x; DoodleDawg
One of our Lost Causers' favorite fantasies involves the US 1817 Navigation Act, and how it supposedly gave "Northeastern Power Brokers" unlimited power over "money flows from Europe", power which was existentially threatened by Confederates in 1861 -- hence, "follow the money", that's the "real reason" for Lincoln's "war of Northern aggression".

But the editorial on page 4 today adds facts to their fantasies and sucks hot air out of at least one of their improbable balloons.

from the editorial on page 4:

We should note first that all this "crony capitalism" is happening under Democrats in Congress and the White House. and that helped elect Republicans in 1860.

Second, the editorial reminds us of other statistics which show that, including all US imports & exports, over 90% was carried on US owned ships by 1825, but that fell to just 2/3 by 1860 and to less than 1/3 by 1866, continuing to fall thereafter.
Point is: the building, owning & operating of ocean-going ships was less & less the focus of US capital investors.
There was more reliable profit to be made investing in railroads and cotton plantations.

4 posted on 03/11/2020 7:49:14 AM PDT by BroJoeK ((a little historical perspective...))
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Continued from March 10 (reply #3).

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The Diary of George Templeton Strong, Edited by Allan Nevins and Milton Halsey Thomas

5 posted on 03/12/2020 4:50:55 AM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson ("Every nation gets the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))
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To: Homer_J_Simpson

Cute. It reminds me of a visit to the North Carolina History Room at the Wilmington Public Library. The archivist told me that the room is haunted by the spirits of people who died before their genealogical research was complete, probably because they ran into a courthouse fire in 1792.

It was a stop on “ghost tours”!


6 posted on 03/12/2020 4:55:14 AM PDT by Tax-chick (You're only one book away from a very good mood. (Washington County, UT, Library)
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To: Homer_J_Simpson

How is there a picture of the April session of the Democrat National Convention when we are still in March?


7 posted on 03/12/2020 12:48:47 PM PDT by colorado tanker
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Would you believe it is an artist’s rendition of how he imagines the hall will look next month when the DNC opens?


8 posted on 03/12/2020 6:26:39 PM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson ("Every nation gets the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))
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Colorado tanker: "How is there a picture of the April session of the Democrat National Convention when we are still in March?"

I noticed that too, thought it must just be homer giving us a preview of coming... ah, fireworks!

9 posted on 03/13/2020 7:06:10 AM PDT by BroJoeK ((a little historical perspective...))
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The last excerpt from this book was on March 5 (reply #10). This excerpt is out of sequence, however. I put it on this date as being two weeks after the Opposition Convention in Jefferson City, or the date Bates was endorsed by the Missouri Republican state convention.

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Doris Kearns Goodwin, Team of Rivals

10 posted on 03/14/2020 7:06:46 AM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson ("Every nation gets the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))
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Continued from March 12 (reply #5). I think this George and Ellie saw the NY Philharmonic rehearse Beethoven’s ninth symphony.

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The Diary of George Templeton Strong, Edited by Allan Nevins and Milton Halsey Thomas

11 posted on 03/14/2020 7:12:25 AM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson ("Every nation gets the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))
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Continued from February 29 (reply #16). On this date William “Seward relayed the message to his mentor,” Thurlow Weed, (paragraph 5) that Simon Cameron wanted to meet with Weed.

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Doris Kearns Goodwin, Team of Rivals

12 posted on 03/15/2020 7:41:28 AM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson ("Every nation gets the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))
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Abraham Lincoln to Mark W. Delahay, March 16, 1860

Springfield, Ills– Mar–16, 1860

Dear Delahay–

I have just returned from the East. Before leaving, I received your letter of Feb. 6; and on my return I find those of the 17th. & 19th. with Genl. Lane's note inclosed in one of them.

I sincerely wish you could be elected one of the first Senators for Kansas; but how to help you I do not know. If it were permissable for me to interfere, I am not personally acquainted with a single member of your Legislature. If my known friendship for you could be of any advantage, that friendship was abundantly manifested by me last December while in Kansas. If any member had written me, as you say some have Trumbull, I would very readily answer him. I shall write Trumbull on the subject at this sitting.

I understood, while in Kansas, that the State Legislature will not meet until the State is admitted. Was that the right understanding?

As to your kind wishes for myself, allow me to say I can not enter the ring on the money basis– first, because, in the main, it is wrong; and secondly, I have not, and can not get, the money. I say, in the main, the use of money is wrong; but for certain objects, in a political contest, the use of some, is both right, and indispensable. With me, as with yourself, this long struggle has been one of great pecuniary loss. I now distinctly say this. If you shall be appointed a delegate to Chicago, I will furnish one hundred dollars to bear the expences of the trip.

Present my respects to Genl. Lane; and say to him, I shall be pleased to hear from him at any time.

Your friend, as ever

A. LINCOLN.

P.S. I have not yet taken the newspaper slip to the Journal. I shall do that to-morrow; and then send you the paper as requested.

A. L.

SOURCE: Roy P. Basler, Editor, The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln

, Vol. 4, p. 31-2

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Mark W. Delahay Wikipedia page

Senator Charles Sumner to George L. Stearns, March 16, 1860

Here are the wages of your testimony!

I am obliged for your suggestion. Have faith. I believe when in active health, I have never done less than was expected of me. I hope not to fall short hereafter.

I have twice visited Hyatt in jail. He is serene and tranquil, determined to stay there at least five years, if before then he is not discharged.

Half of our Republicans need conversion to first principles. Lawyers are strong in defending a point, already occupied. They will find any required number of reasons for their cause. But they are not leaders where great principles are in question. Ask Mr. Sewall if I am not right.

SOURCE: Preston Stearns, The Life and Public Services of George Luther Stearns, p. 214

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Thaddeus Hyatt Wikipedia page

13 posted on 03/16/2020 7:20:20 AM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson ("Every nation gets the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))
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