Reception of Judge Douglas at Raleigh, N.C.; LAST DYING KICK OF KNOW-NOTHINGISM; THE TEXAS BURNINGS (8/30/1860)

New York Times - Times Machine ^ | 8/30/1860

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Special Dispatch to the New-York Times. RALEIGH, N.C., Wednesday, Aug. 29. Judge DOUGLAS arrived here this afternoon, and met with a most enthusiastic reception. Hundreds had assembled to welcome him at the depot. A delegation of citizens were also awaiting him, by whom, through their speaker, Mr. H.W. MILLER, he was formally welcomed to North Carolina. A Douglas Democratic Convention will beheld here to-morrow, to draw up a Presidential Electoral Ticket. In the evening the Judge will address the people in the State House Square. The Judge starts for Richmond on Friday. He will speak at Weldon. Q.

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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.

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The Political Campaign: Reception of Judge Douglas at Raleigh, N.C. – 2
The American State Council – 2
The Radical Abolitionists – 2-3
The Breckinridge Democracy – 3
National Politics: The Texas Burnings – 3-4
Capture of a Pirate Slaver – 4