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Letter from John E. Hall at the East Alabama Male College in Auburn, Alabama, to his father, Bolling Hall.

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@ Alabama Department of Archives and History, 624 Washington Avenue, Montgomery, Alabama 36130

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In the letter John writes about his health, family members and acquaintances, and an upcoming fair. He also discusses politics in detail, including the presidential election of 1860: "I have just been reading Yancey's great New York speech. I think it is the best thing I have heard yet. There was a good deal of excitement during its deliverance. Yancey certainly is a bold man to go into the very heart of abolitionism and pour forth such pure southern doctrines. It is time that every southern man was waking up...the young men between the ages of 16 and 20 have called a meeting (in Montgomery) to form a club whose motto shall be 'Resistance to Lincoln is obedience to God.' The fair is now close by...There is a report that Douglas will speak there on the 2nd of Nov. I don't [sic] think in the present state of affairs that any body could hire him to come to Montgomery. I see the Montgomery Mail says something of raising the cry of 'tar and feathers,' if he comes. Who do you think now stands the best chance for presidency? Do you think the union will be dissolved in case of Lincolns [sic] election? There are no Douglas and very few Bell men about here."
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1860 October 19 1860 10 19
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Keywords

  1. Alabama
  2. Auburn (Ala.)
  3. Bell, John, 1797 1869
  4. Douglas, Stephen A. (Stephen Arnold), 1813 1861
  5. Education, Higher
  6. Government
  7. Hall, Bolling, 1813 1897
  8. Hall, John E. (John Elmore), 1842 1882
  9. Lee County (Ala.)
  10. Lincoln, Abraham, 1809 1865
  11. Political Campaigns
  12. Politics And Government
  13. Slaver
  14. Slavery
  15. Social Life And Customs
  16. Southern States
  17. To 1865
  18. United States
  19. Yancey, William Lowndes, 1814 1863

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