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Lincoln accepts the nomination... More on Lincoln... Slave captures...
Lincoln accepts the nomination... More on Lincoln... Slave captures...
Item # 713878
June 12, 1860
NEW YORK SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE, June 12, 1860
* Abraham Lincoln accepts the nomination for President
The front page contains Lincoln's acceptance of the Republican nomination, prefaced with the letter from George Ashimun telling Lincoln he won the nomination. Following this is Lincoln's letter of acceptance beginning: "I accept the nomination tendered me by Convention over which you presided..." with more, signed in type: Abraham Lincoln. And then is Hannibal Hamlin's acceptance of the Vice President nomination.
Page 2 has: "Abe Lincoln, The Rail Candidate" and also a letter from Lincoln dated at Springfield, May 17, 1859, signed in type: Abraham Lincoln.
Page 4 has a very interesting article: "Rail-Splitting" which comments on the reference to Lincoln being a "railsplitter" noting near the beginning: "gentlemen appear to be a good deal disturbed at the presentation made of the Republican candidate for the Presidency as having once been a rail-splitter..." with much more.
There is more on Lincoln in this issue, some shown in the photos.
Also: "The Latest Slave Capture" which is a fascinating article on the liberation of some 450 slaves from the ship. A few bits include: "...the increasing odor placed beyond all doubt the fact that the bark had under her hatches a cargo of negroes. And now we began to hear a sort of suppressed moaning which soon swelled into the unmistakable murmur of many human voices...with a tremendous shout the hatches were forced open...our burst hundreds, the self-liberated slaves...They danced & leaped & waved their arms in the air..." with much more (printing crease here does not cause text loss).
Eight pages, very nice condition.
AI notes: Abraham Lincoln was formally nominated as the Republican candidate for president on May 18, 1860, at the Republican National Convention in Chicago, a pivotal moment in American political history. The convention followed a heated contest among leading contenders, including William H. Seward, Salmon P. Chase, and Edward Bates, with Lincoln emerging as a compromise candidate acceptable to multiple factions within the party. His nomination reflected his moderate stance on slavery: he opposed its expansion into new territories while avoiding immediate calls for abolition, which helped him appeal to both radical and more conservative Republicans. Lincoln’s acceptance, delivered through a carefully crafted written statement rather than an in-person speech, emphasized the preservation of the Union, the enforcement of the Constitution, and the prevention of slavery’s spread, framing him as a principled yet pragmatic leader. This nomination set the stage for the election of November 1860, ultimately triggering a national crisis as Southern states reacted to the prospect of a Republican presidency, foreshadowing the secession crisis and the Civil War.
Category: Pre-Civil War
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