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Why Breckinridge Should Be Supported
(Column 01)

Summary: Describes the reasons Breckinridge should be elected. These include: because he isn't an office seeker, because he isn't politically inconsistent, and because he is a national, not sectional, Democrat.

Franklin County--Official Returns of the Election held October 17, 1860
(Column 02-04)

Summary: Official returns of the local and state elections. Foster and Schell were both defeated.

The Beginning of the End
(Column 03)

Summary: The Wide Awakes ask the men of Pittsburgh to form a Wide Awake Club "for the purpose of furthering the interests of the friend of the human race, Abraham Lincoln."

Origin of Article: Pittsburg Dispatch

Editorial Comment: The article "speaks for itself, and carries with it its own comments."

Political Lecture by a Pious Wife
(Column 03)

Summary: Satirical argument between a wife and her husband, who is a Wide Awake.

Origin of Article: Buffalo Republic

Southern and Northern Exports
(Column 04)

Summary: Quotes export statistics to show the "relative degrees of commercial affinity between the North and the South."

Who Seceded
(Column 05)

Summary: Asserts that Stephen A. Douglas "seceded from the Constitution of the United States, which guarantees rights to all States."

Origin of Article: Capital City Fact

Fairly and Well Put
(Column 06)

Summary: Asks the commercial men of New York, who claim to be Republicans, if they really support the radical doctrines of William Seward.

Origin of Article: New York Day Book

Douglas Now and Then
(Column 06)

Summary: Compares two contradictory statements by Douglas on the subject of Kansas and Dred Scott. In 1857, he stated that the Court decision was binding. At Freeport, he claimed that the citizens of a territory could legally exclude slavery.

Rage of the Douglas Men in Ohio
(Column 06)

Summary: Quotes from Douglas supporters that insult Breckinridge.

Origin of Article: Indianapolis Guard

Editorial Comment: "It looks as if the Douglasites were losing their temper at the prospect of annihilation."

Increase of Slaves in Missouri
(Column 06)

Summary: The increasing number of slaves in Missouri gives lie to the free-soil assertion that slavery is dying out in that state.

The Result
(Column 01)

Summary: The Spirit is surprised and saddened by the defeat of the Democrats in the state and local elections. It blames these defeats on the treachery of the straight-out Douglas faction led by Forney.

Converts to Republicanism
(Column 02)

Summary: The Transcript announced that D. Watson Rowe and Wm. S. Everett had deserted the Democratic Party and joined the Republicans. This didn't surprise the Spirit because they "followed straight-out Douglasism to its logical conclusion."

Forney Straight Out for McClure
(Column 03)

Summary: Accuses the straight-out supporters of having cut a number of deals that will provide them with positions in return for their support.

Swindling their Friends
(Column 03)

Summary: Accuses Forney, Haldeman, and Lauman of benefiting greatly as a result of Curtin's election.

The Election Returns
(Column 03)

Summary: Curtin won the state by a roughly 30,000 vote majority. Austin won in the legislative district by 400 votes. McPherson was re-elected to Congress by 400 votes.

Douglas Deception
(Column 04)

Summary: Insists that Douglas is not really the regular nominee, since he didn't gain enough votes at the convention, and that Breckinridge is not the secession candidate.

Who Support Breckinridge and Lane
(Column 05)

Summary: A list of prominent Democrats, including Buchanan, from all across the country who support Breckinridge.

Democratic State Committee
(Column 06)

Summary: The State Committee met at Reading and rescinded the Cresson resolution. The Committee decided to support the Reading Electoral ticket instead.

The Press and the Times
(Column 01)

Summary: Accuses the Times of sympathizing and acting in conjunction with Forney, Haldeman, and Lauman.

Letter From Virginia
(Column 02)

Summary: Letter from a man who was born in Franklin County and lives in Charlestown, Virginia. He is pleased with the Spirit's decision to support Breckinridge and claims that Douglas has no support in the South. He also states that the South has a defensive position and that Virginia and Pennsylvania should have identical views toward slavery.

Married
(Column 04)

Summary: Married on October 10th.
(Names in announcement: Rev. F. Dyson, Thomas Riley, Mary Switzer)

Married
(Column 04)

Summary: Married on September 16th.
(Names in announcement: Rev. C. Bauman, Geo. Dietrich, Josephine Bucher)

Married
(Column 04)

Summary: Married on October 9th.
(Names in announcement: Rev. S. McHenry, George Yoe, Francis Creamer)

Married
(Column 04)

Summary: Married on October 3rd.
(Names in announcement: Rev. Jacob Steck, William Hutton, Mary Ott)

Married
(Column 04)

Summary: Married on October 11.
(Names in announcement: Rev. John Ault, Andrew Kann, Elizabeth Shew)

Married
(Column 04)

Summary: Married on October 11.
(Names in announcement: Rev. S. McHenry, Joseph Correl, Susan Weaver)

Married
(Column 04)

Summary: Married on October 11.
(Names in announcement: Rev. J. Smith Gordon, Jas. Walker, Mary Elizabeth Noonan)