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States consider secession from the Union...

Item # 714028 ·

NEW YORK SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE, Nov. 30, 1860

  • Post Abraham Lincoln election victory
  • Southern secession movement heats up

With Lincoln's election determined, much national focus is on the slavery issue and the secession of Southern states. 
Most of the front page is taken up with: "THE SECESSION MOVEMENT" "Letters From Gov. Wise" "Buchanan & Secession" "Proclamation of the Governor of Louisiana" and more.
Other items inside include: "Secession As A Right" "The Strength of Secession" "Slavery As An Element in Our Politics" "Movements of Lincoln & Hamlin" "The Southern Grievance". A page 4 editorial includes: "The election is over & the Republican cause triumphant...South Carolina is on the point of seceding from the Union...". 
Eight pages, good condition.

Background: Published less than a month after Abraham Lincoln's victory in the 1860 presidential election, the eight-page November 30, 1860 issue of the New York Semi-Weekly Tribune captures the immediate aftermath of the election and the rapidly escalating Secession Crisis. Edited by Horace Greeley, the Republican journal features front-page coverage dominated by "The Secession Movement," including letters from Virginia Governor Henry A. Wise, proclamations from the Governor of Louisiana, and reports on President James Buchanan's response to the unraveling Union. Inside, the issue offers in-depth political commentary on "Secession As A Right," "The Southern Grievance," and slavery's central role in national politics, alongside updates on the movements of President-elect Lincoln and Vice President-elect Hannibal Hamlin. Most notably, a page 4 editorial celebrates that "the Republican cause [is] triumphant" while issuing a grave warning that South Carolina stands on the immediate brink of seceding from the United States.

Item from last month's catalog - #370 - released for September, 2026

Category: Pre-Civil War
Price
$36
100% Authentic: Original printing, never a reproduction.