{"id":425,"date":"2010-11-01T08:08:08","date_gmt":"2010-11-01T15:08:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cumberlandcivilwar.com\/?p=422"},"modified":"2010-11-01T08:08:08","modified_gmt":"2010-11-01T15:08:08","slug":"election-of-1860-carlisle-american-volunteer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/cumberland150\/election-of-1860-carlisle-american-volunteer\/","title":{"rendered":"Election of 1860 – Carlisle American Volunteer"},"content":{"rendered":"

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When Democrats held a rally in Carlisle<\/a>, Pennsylvania on October 6, 1860, the Carlisle (PA) American Volunteer<\/em> reported that no one had been ready for the \u201coverwhelming avalanche\u201d of delegates from \u201cevery town and township in the county.\u201d Over 8,000 people filled the streets before noon, according to some estimates. The American Volunteer <\/em>backed Senator Stephen Douglas<\/a> and supported this event as a means to rally Democratic voters before a critical election<\/a>. In the months before the election, the American Volunteer<\/em> tried to convince Cumberland County<\/a> residents that the Republican party<\/a> represented a serious threat. \u201cThe election of LINCOLN <\/a>will be the death-knell to our Republic,\u201d as the American Volunteer<\/em> warned. As Republican \u201cWide Awake<\/a>\u201d groups held parades <\/a>in northern cities, the American Volunteer<\/em> reported that \u201ceach man carried a six-barreled revolver\u201d in order to demonstrate that \u201cLINCOLN and his party are determined to carry out their sectional doctrines at all hazards and at any sacrifice.\u201d\u00a0The American Volunteer<\/em> saw Republicans as a \u201csectional Abolition party\u201d which was determined to \u201chumble the South [and] root out slavery.\u201d If Republicans carried out their plan, the American Volunteer<\/em> predicted that \u201cevery State in the Union will be bathed in blood.\u201d\u00a0Only a Democratic victory in November 1860 would ensure a future for the Union. If Lincoln won, the American Volunteer<\/em> observed that it \u201cwill be regarded as a declaration of war.\u201d Yet the American Volunteer<\/em>\u2019s arguments failed to convince a sufficient number of Cumberland County voters \u2013 Lincoln ended up with a 400 vote majority. \u201cA long dreary winter is ahead,\u201d the American Volunteer<\/em> predicted<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

When Democrats held a rally in Carlisle, Pennsylvania on October 6, 1860, the Carlisle (PA) American Volunteer reported that no one had been ready for the \u201coverwhelming avalanche\u201d of delegates from \u201cevery town and township in the county.\u201d Over 8,000 …<\/p>\n

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