The Diary of George Templeton Strong, Edited by Allan Nevins and Milton Halsey Thomas
The Diary of George Templeton Strong, Edited by Allan Nevins and Milton Halsey Thomas
June 16, 1860. Brownlow’s Knoxville Whig, page 2. [Parson Brownlow never minced words, and was a great foe of the Confederates during the war]
“Our Forthcoming New Dress”- column 3. First paragraph is about some new type they have ordered for their newspaper.
Second paragraph includes the following:
“We are in for the Constitutional Union Ticket; and we shall fight to the bitter end,
— the thieving, lying, all-pervading corruptions, and wasteful extravagances of the Buchanan wing of Democracy;
— the fire eating, Union-dissolving, political charlatanism, truculence, impudence, unsoundness, and unfaithfulness of the Southern extremists;
— the Squatter Sovereignty, and disguised Abolitionism of the Douglas wing, and their treacherous adherents, who have traded alone upon the political capital of a petty demagogue;
— and last, but not least, we shall fight the sectionalism of the Northern Republicans, as a band of outlaws, menancing [sic] the integrity of the Union.
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“Stumbling on the Truth” – column 5). ”Gen. Lane, a great favorite with some of our Southern Democrats by whom he is familiarly known as “Old Joe,” made a speech in the Senate on Thursday, in which he declared:”
“It is the fault of the Democratic party in dodging truth, in dodging principle, in dodging the Constitution itself, that has brought the trouble upon the country and the party that is experienced to day.”
"Washington Election" - column 4. "Mr. Wallach, Opposition, was beaten by Berret, Democrat, for Mayor of Washington, fourteen votes. Wallach has brought suit in the City Court, and alleged that 200 fraudulent votes were cast for Berret, and an almost equal number of legal votes refused because they were for Wallach."
"A murderous mob took the field, and were consived [?] at by the police, who were Democratic. Buchanan and his officials took the field for Barret. The rowdies attacked and stoned Wallach's residence, and fired pistols and other firearms against his house, destroying the windows and injuring the doors. Many persons were wounded, and some of them must die, as stated by the Star of the 5th inst."
"In the seventh ward, the Democrats carried the election by the use of fraudulent naturalization papers, in the hands of foreigners at work upon the public buildings. A more corrupt Administration is not to be found in existence."
"Ratification in Connecticut" - column 5. "A meeting for the ratification of the Union nominations made at Baltimore, was held at New Haven, on Wednesday evening. ..."
"Mr. Henry, of Tennessee, in the course of his speech described the sectional character of the Republican party, and pictured the tremendous ruin that must surely follow the election of its candidates. He showed the mutual dependence of the North and South."
"The Constitutional Union party, he said bears the olive branch -- the signal and token of peace that will follow the success of its candidates."
Mr. Strong at this time was not a Lincoln fan at all. The New York sophisticate seems to regard Abe as a Western rube.
Here is a more detailed version of the Democrat mob attacking people who voted for the other side in the June 4 mayoral election in Washington DC:
June 5, 1860. Evening Star newspaper, Washington, DC. – column 1.
https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045462/1860-06-05/ed-1/seq-3/#date1=05%2F01%2F1860&index=3&date2=06%2F12%2F1860&searchType=advanced&language=&sequence=0&lccn=&words=Berret+Mayor+mob+opposite+Opposition+opposition+shot+shots+Wallach+Wallachs&proxdistance=5&rows=20&ortext=mob+berret+wallach+opposition+mayor+shots&proxtext=&phrasetext=&andtext=wallach+mayor&dateFilterType=range&page=1’’;
The Diary of George Templeton Strong, Edited by Allan Nevins and Milton Halsey Thomas