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The Election
(Column 01)

Summary: Abraham Lincoln has won a decisive victory in the North, the first time a president has been elected by a purely sectional vote. As a result of Lincoln's victory, "Fifteen states are without a President--they took no part in his election, and refuse their consent to come under an administration founded upon a sentiment hostile to their social system."

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The election is over and so far as the grand result is concerned there is no longer any suspense. The North has rolled up a decisive majority for ABRAHAM LINCOLN as President, and HANIBAL [sic] HAMLIN as Vice President of the Nation. It is the first time in the history of the country that its national head has been elected by a purely sectional vote. What the result of this sectional triumph will be it is not difficult to conjecture. Fifteen States are without a President--they took no part in his election, and refuse their consent to come under an administration founded upon a sentiment hostile to their social system. A contemporary remarks--"It remains for the fifteen slave States to say whether the Union shall continue, or whether by secession this confederacy of thirty-three States shall be reduced to eighteen. That occurring, it will then have to be determined whether the Middle States will consent to remain in association with the New England States, and whether the empire of the Northwest will remain as it is, or set up for itself. Let disintegration once begin, and no man can tell where it will stop."

While we fear the worst results to the nation from the election of LINCOLN we still trust that the threatened calamity may be averted--that He who holds the destiny of nations in His hands and whose high prerogative it is to change curses into blessings and to extract good from evil may turn aside the danger in our way, and our glorious union still remain--

"Giant aggregate of nations;
Glorious whole of glorious parts,
Unto endless generations
Live united, hands and hearts!
Be it storm or summer weather,
Peaceful calm or battle jar,
Stand in bounteous strength together,
Sister States, as now ye are."

Vote of Franklin County
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Summary: Table of vote totals for Franklin County. The county voted overwhelmingly Republican.

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The following table exhibits the vote for Presidential Electors in this county. It will be seen that the Republicans have carried the county by a largely increased majority over the vote at the October election. The apathy which has existed in the Democratic party since our defeat in October has allowed the Republicans to have things pretty much their own way. We are only surprised that the Democracy turned out as well as they did with defeat again staring them in the face. They have done nobly--they deserve success. Though defeated they have by their votes proclaimed their devotion to their party, and their country, and that is something to be proud of--something to fall back on--a rallying point for a future victory.

Districts Republican Breckinridge Douglas Bell C'burg, N. Ward 355 63 72 11 C'burg, S. Ward 287 48 133 10 Antrim 488 263 152 Concord 31 94 3 Dry Run 100 95 Fayetteville 308 142 5 Greenvillage 196 62 44 1 Guilford 196 73 79 1 Hamilton 146 63 41 1 Letterkenny 190 183 6 Loudon 103 85 1 Lurgan 112 135 Montgomery 283 120 3 29 Metal 160 75 1 Orrstown 101 103 1 Peters 140 88 3 Quincy 238 210 35 6 St. Thomas 176 127 13 4 Southampton 75 52 Sulpher Spring 42 45 Warren 58 65 Washington 341 252 18 13 Welsh Run 105 128 9 Total 4151 2515 622 76

Douglas in a New Role
(Column 01)

Summary: Douglas has proposed to save the Union by making a pro-Union speech in the South. "As he has not received the vote of any State in the Union, . . . his efforts at Union-saving will at least have the merit of disinterestedness to recommend them."

United States Senator
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Summary: A number of Republicans are scrambling for the Pennsylvania Senate seat, including A. K. McClure and John W. Forney.

Its Days are Numbered
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Summary: The Republican victory did not really represent the "true expression of the public sentiment." Republicanism will not last beyond Lincoln's first term.

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Republicanism under the rule of LINCOLN will be but short-lived--its days are already numbered, it will die by its own hands ere four years roll around. It is now intoxicated with a victory which it has not the inherent strength to achieve--it is only accidentally successful, for the moment, through division and dissension in the Democratic party. Its success cannot be regarded as a true expression of the public sentiment--when that turns up right, which it is sure to do, the Democracy will once more regain its ascendancy as the righteous head of the Nation. We extract from the columns of a contemporary the following sensible comment on the difficulties which will beset the incoming administration: "LINCOLN's Electoral majority will not be overwhelmingly large--only decisive. but he will have against him reliable and controlling majorities in both houses of Congress. He will only have the negative power conferred by the veto. From active aggressive mischief he will be restrained by these majorities.

Mr. Lincoln will be beset in the beginning of his administration, should he indeed be destined to have an administration, by three formidable difficulties.

The first will be to satisfy the South.

The second will be to retain his popularity and influence with the two divisions of his party--the rampant Abolitionists, and the more moderate Anti-Slavery men.

The third will be the distribution of the patronage and the spoils. A million of hungry, half-famished men, with mouths stretched, will be clamoring for place and plunder. All expect something, while few can get anything.

On these last two rocks he is destined to split, and that in a short time after this inauguration."

A Crumb of Comfort
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Summary: The Spirit criticizes the Times for pretending to be Democrats and voting for "a bogus ticket for the purpose of defeating their party."

The Clean Thing
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Summary: "In eight townships in this county there was not a single straight-out Douglas ticket voted, although each district in the county was well supplied with the bogus tickets by the Douglas managers in Chambersburg. The Democracy of Franklin County is not just so easily corrupted as the Chambersburg straight-out Douglas clique imagines."

The Straight-Out Fraud
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Summary: The "pretended withdrawal of the straight-out Douglas ticket was a cheat and a sham, and . . . the advocacy of the Reading Ticket by the Times was hypocritical to the last degree of meanness."

Lincoln's Army
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Summary: Republican office seekers are on the march looking for spoils.

Lincoln's Cabinet
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Summary: After seeing the list of Lincoln's proposed Cabinet, the Spirit believes that the Lincoln administration will not follow the conservative course that was promised during the campaign.

Election Returns
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Summary: Pennsylvania voted for Lincoln by a large majority--probably 60,000 to 70,000 votes. The Spirit will publish the official vote total next week.

A Storm Brewing
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Summary: Lincoln's rumored letter that is designed to sooth the nerves of Southerners has angered Greely and the Abolitionists. They want to "push on the 'irrepressible conflict' to the bitter end."

Presidential Election--Triumph of the Sectional Party--Lincoln and Hamlin Elected
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Summary: Preliminary electoral college totals.

The Next Congress
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Summary: The Republicans will not have a majority in Congress. The Democrats will have a 125 to 109 majority in the House and a majority of 8 in the Senate. This includes Southern representatives.

Railroads
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Summary: Chambersburg has not gotten past the talking stage in its desire to build a railroad. The Spirit points out that the small town of Edenburg, with a population of 1000, has built ten miles of railroad.

Water Suit
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Summary: The "Water Suit" between Mr. Sol Haber and J. J. Kennedy, "in which this entire community seemed deeply interested," was terminated. The jury found in favor of the plaintiff for $513. The defendant's counsel asked the Spirit to make no comment on the proceedings because the verdict will be appealed.

Married
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Summary: Married on November 8.
(Names in announcement: Rev. S. McHenry, Adam Diehl, Sarah Zook)

Married
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Summary: Married on November 6th at the German Reformed Parsonage.
(Names in announcement: Rev. S. Philips, M.A. Foltz, Charlotte Etter)

Married
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Summary: Married on November 8th at the German Reformed Parsonage.
(Names in announcement: Rev. S. Philips, James Alexander, Mary Elightfoot)

Married
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Summary: Married on November 8th.
(Names in announcement: Rev. S. Philips, George Dittman, Sarah Vanderau)

Died
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Summary: Margaret Bunn died on November 9th, aged 78 years.
(Names in announcement: Margaret Bunn, Miles Bunn)

Died
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Summary: David Edgar died on November 7th, aged 6 months.
(Names in announcement: David Edgar McCardy, R.C. McCardy, Martha McCardy)