Named Entity Results, Decatur Lincoln

Chapter 11. Candidates and platforms the political chances Decatur Lincoln resolution John Hanks and the Lincoln rails the Rail Splitter candidate the wide Awakes Douglas's Southern tour Jefferson Davis's address fusion Lincoln at the State House the election result The nomination of Lincoln at Chicago completed the preparations of the different parties of the country for the presidential contest of 1860; and presented the unusual occurrence of an appeal to tLincoln at Chicago completed the preparations of the different parties of the country for the presidential contest of 1860; and presented the unusual occurrence of an appeal to the voters of the several States by four distinct political organizations. In the order of popular strength which they afterward developed, they were: I. The Republican party, whose platform declared in substance that slavery was wrong, and that its further extension should be prohibited by Congress. Its candidates were Abraham Lincoln of Illinois for President, and Hannibal Hamlin of Maine for Vice-President. 2. The Douglas wing of the Democratic party, which declared indifference whethe