Political text-book for 1860 : comprising a brief view of presidential nominations and elections, including all the national platforms ever yet adopted ... with the most notable speeches and letters of Messrs. Lincoln, Douglas, Bell, Cass, Seward, Everett, Breckinridge, H.V. Johnson, etc., etc., touching the questions of the day : and returns of all presidential elections since 1836

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2.(8 A POLI'I'IC.A.L TEXT-BOOK FOR 1860. IOW.A. OQVgRNOR-(rtmtintll1(1.) Di.•lrirt.v. N~p. J),.m, If. Kirkwood. Dodj!e. Palo Alt.o . . . • 8 44 Plymouth. . . . 24 1 L Pocahontas . 16 17 Sac ........ : 28 87 ~cott ........ 220 1626 Story .... .. .. 895 858 T;\ma. . . . . . . . 500 295 Webster... .. 2.'52 838 Wlonchago . . 11 24 Wlnncshiek . . 1022 771 Woodbury.. . 182 168 'l\' orth . . . . . . . 98 26 Wright . . . . . . 80 1'>2 Total . .... 29741 26666 MINNESOT~. OpY_l<:nNOR-(('outinu~Xl.) JJt.,tnr/11. Rrp. I>ml Ramaey. Decker. Rice . .. .... .. 1046 828 Scott........ 562 917 herburne . . . 181 GS Sihlcy . . . . . . . 8C8 l'i26 Stearn!!. . . . . . 875 660 Steele . . . . . . . 448 178 Todd .. ... . .. No return. Wabashnw ... 798 l512 Waseca ..... 859 254 Washington. . 9{)8 707 Wln om~ ... . . 1209 814 Wrlght . . . . . . (>79 265 Carlton, } St. LouiB, .. . 88 119 Lake, OALIFORNI..f. GOVERNOR-(Contir•ucd.) ('ormlir•· Ii'(jl. Dmr. A . L. D. Stnoford. Lathl\m. Currey. 8lsklsou . . 48 21159 1303 Solano. . . . 88 1172 827 Sonoma... 64 1981 11~ Stanislaus. 18 889 106 Butter . . . . 87 095 11'>9 'f ehnm!L . . 86 770 92 Trinity . . . 4 128:5 829 Tulnre und } ll' no. Vista 11 821 68 Tuolumne 96!) Yolo.. . ... 66 Yubn .. ... 481 8728 787 757 668 2442 1471 Total. .10110 62265 81298 lt!aj. for Kirkwood, 8,18:>. TOTAL VOTE OF' TllE ST.ATK. Kirkwood, R e,p., . . . . l56404 Dotlge, JJem., • ..•.•. l58811 Lathnm over C'rey 80057 · Totnl. .. . 2133.'5 17588 over both, 20847. ' ' 1\laj. for Kirkwood, 8098 Minnesota-1859. GOVERNOR. Maj. for Hamsey, 8,752. LKGJSL.ATOR&, SKNATJ:.Rep.,23; Dem., 18; Independent, 1. noosE .. ltep., 08; Dem., 22. California- 1859. R('p. Dt>m. Ramsoy. Dock~r. GOVERNOR. Anoka.. . . ... 883 165 Cb • D t rmtw~. R"P· Dt1m. A .L. D. C'll on · · · · · • 148 94 St.lloford. Latbnm. Currey Jllue Earth.. 734 MO Alameda .• 299 1066 66,i Brown . . . . . . 843 800 Amador . . , 282 2028 9 5 C Carvcr . . . . . . 478 !).2-1 llutto ..... &54 1915 16G6 af!S • • • • • • • •• No rctum CnluYems. 815 827.'5 1891 Chi.sa~o . . . . . 284 i!S6 Colusa . . . 16 541 166 Crow Wing.·· M Con'a Costa 41 805 878 Dakota. · .... 1007 1056 Del Norte. 18 892 126 Dodge.······ 593 444 1<~1 Dorado. 40 8096 2418 }.F'i'lal rribault. . . 210 10n., F res no. . . . 1 8.'59 1 1 more ...... 1399 1171 Humboldt 83 897 372 Freeuorn . . . . 438 227 Klamltth.. 1 607 12{) Ooodhue ... . . 1220 706 Los Ang'ls 220 1916 49 IHIe nnte pin . .. 2013 1117 '" Ia rI n . . . • 67 467 75 ous on...... 616 716 Mariposa.. 8 1462 ~111 laaotl. ....... No return. llendocJ..Qo 11 780 86 K Jacksobn ·.... 21 18 Merced.... 1 281 82 Kaanndniay oehci .... ., 199 6 M t 46 8 on erey.. 496 176 L s Napa .. ·.. 14 810 905 e ueur ·... 577 625 Nevada ... 5 1 8185 2584 ltlanomin .... No retum. Placer . ... 896 8226 1117 Martin · · · · · · 1 10 Plumas 198 8 2 649 McLeod .. ··· 197 96 Sacrnm;t~·. 228 8526 2678 Meeker .... .. 147 103 Sannorn'o 89 1'>82 6 :PtUlle Lac : ... No return. San Diego. 17 209 1\lonongaha... 47 80 SR.n l''ran'o8027 4747 29J Morrison . . · ·· 115 San J oa'ln 209 1 ltfower ...... 41~ 488 S.LulsOb'o 80 2° 6 878 Nlcollett. · · · · 424 221 San ltlateo 105 4ro 4~~ Olmsted .. . . . 1119 777 Sautall'ra 85 481 Pine · · · · · · · · 6 28 > Santa Clara 626 1407 ~embina ... .. No return. l Santa Cruz 160 499 867 amsey · · .... HS:S 1773 l Shasta 8 14.'56 4 1'>1 Renville . . . . • 8 87 ~ Sierra :::: 2Sit6 2814 1~~~ .AOORKGATK VOTE ON OTllRR STATE 0FFICEll8. Rrpuhlirv.11111. Lt. OO'V ... . Kennedy, 11148 Oon<f.re~s .. llaker, ... 41488 ' Sibley,... 801 St"P· Oowrt.Shafter .• 11799 DI"TIIocrcrt.•. Lt. GO'V ... . Downey,. 59051 (}on{!t·ess .. llurch ..• 576~ " Scott ..•. l5G998 Sup. OoU1·t. Cope .... 1'>9897 Anti· T--«011l7>1ml fll'mocrnt..v. Lt. GO'V . .. . Oonness .. 81 0.'51 Oonyress . . llooker .. 2969 " McKibben48474 Sup. Oourt.Sprague .. 80978 Baker, Rtlp., wns generally supported by the Anti-Le­compton Democrats and McKibben by the U~publi- Cllllil. South Carolina. There ls no opposition to what iB ternted the Uegular Democracy In this State, and no otlicers are elected by the entire vote of the State the Governor and State olli~ers ns well ns the Presldenttai Electors, being chosen by the Legislature. Alabama. An Election was held In thiB State In 1859, for Go­vernor, Congressmen o.nd Legi!lla.ture, in which the cpposltlon to the regular Democracy cln.lmed the aur­. rag~ of the people, on the .ALA .BAM~. grounds of greater de-votloo to the lntr.rcsts of the South, but exhibited only a feeble show of strength, Andrew n.. M?,o,·e, regular Dem., being reelected Governor over Wm. lt'. Samford, lndcpend· cot, by about 20,000 rnujor· i~y · 'J'he ltegulnrs also ear­rled tho en tiro Delegation in Congr 'SS ; tho only close contest being in the Third (Montgomery) D~t., where Clopton, Regular Dem., beat Ju,!g-el lndcpendent, by 214 lll!lJOr ty. Mississippi. An Election was held h. this , tate for Governor State Otlicere, and Congress~ men, In 1 59, which r esulted in the success of the Demo­cracy by more than three !() one, Pettus, Dem., for Go­vernor, r eceiving 84,1>59 votes to 10,808 for Walter Independent. The Dem~ cro.Uc Candidates for other State Officers ran ahead of 1\lr. Pettus. }'or Congrel!B there was hardly a show of opposition to the Democra­tic cau<lldates. Florida. Tho last gen eral Election In this State was for Con­gress, in 18158, when botb can•li!lates wero Democrat~ Hawkins, the regular Demo~ crat, r eceiving 6,465 votes, and Westcott, Independent Dem., 4,070. Arkansas. There is not aufficle• opposition to the Regula Democracy In this State ~ create the slightest intere11 in the elections. At the Ia&' election for Congressme11 0. 158) in the Jt'irst District, 1lmdman, Dem., received 18,2l5.'5 votes, to 2,8l58 for Crosby lndcpenclent; and, in the Second District, Rust, Dem., received 16,802 !() 8,114 for Jones, and 8,41S9 for Drew, Tmlepeudent can· <lldatea. APPENDIX. RESOLUTIONS As the Virginia. and Kentucky ltesolutions of 1798 and 17V9, form a. portion of the Demo­crn. tic National Platforms, we give them a placo here : TJH: VIRGIN£A n~:SOLO'l'£0:-iS. The following re olutions pa.~sed tho Vir­ginia House of Delegates on the 21st of Dccem­ueJ' 1 J 7 H , n.nd were agr·ccd to by the Senate three day1:1 later, on the 24.th December. These Hesolutions n.t·e utHlerstood to have been writ­teo by .Mr. Madison. r.e~olvecl, 'fhat the General Assembly of Virginia doth unequivocally cxpr~s~ <~ llru1 rc~o luti on to JU!l.IULain and dcfund tl1e Co u~titutiou of the United S tntes, and the constltutiou of th il! State, ~tga.inst every ag~r~SlHOn, either foreign or dornel!tic; nml th~tt they will support the Oo­vernwcnt of the United Stales in nllwral!urcl! warranted by the fonner. That tl lit~ AssemiJly most solemnly declares a warm at­tachment to the Union of the ~tatcs, to maintain which it pleJges Its powcr:l; and, that for this end, it is their duty to watch over an<l oppose every lnfmction of those principles which conotitute the only basil! or that Union, f becau~:~c a faithful observance of them can alone secure its existence and the pul>llc happiness. 'l'h1\t this Asscml>ly clollt explicitly and perempto­rily declare, that it views tho powers or the }'elleral Government, a.s resulting from tho compact to which the States u.re parties, as limited by the plain sense and intention Of the instrument COnl!\ituting that COm­pact, o.s no fart.her valid than they are 1~uthorlzed by the grants enumero.ted Itt that compact; and that, in case of a deliberate, palpable, and dangerous exercise of other powers not granted by the said compact, the States, who are parties thereto, have the r ight, and are in duty bouuu, to interpose, for arresting the progress of the evil, and for maint1\inlng within thoir rcspe~tivo limitll the authorities, rights, and liberties, apper ta ining to them. That the Gcnernl Ass11mbly doth also express its deep regret, that a spirit has, in sundry instances, been mani­fested by the Federal Government, to enlarge its powers by forced constructions of tho cunstllutlonal chat·t~:: r which defines them ;ami that indications have appe1Lrcd ot a de ign to expound certain general phmses (which, having been copil!d from the very limited grant of powers in the former Articles of Confederation, were the le~s liable to be misconstrued) so as to destroy the meaning and effect of the pt\rticular enumeration which necctl· sarlly explains and limits the general phrases, and so as to consolidate the States by degrees into one sovereignty, the obvious tendency and inevitable result of which would be, to transform the present republican system of the Uuite<.l States Into an absolute, or at best, a mixed monarchy. 1'hat the General Assembly doth particularly prote:~t again~t the palpable and a larming infractions of the Oou­~ titution, iu t.he two late ca~es of the" Alien an1l Sedition Act8," passed at the last se:~slo n of Cou~rcss; t he llr~ t of which exercises a power nowhere delegated to the l<'ed eral Government, and which, by uniting legisla.t!ve null judi­cial powers to those of the executive, subvert~ the gt:ueru.l principles of free government, as well as the particular orgaulzation and positive provisions of the }'edt:ral Oou· stitution; and the other of which a cts c xerci:~es , in like n1a.nner, a. power not dt!legatetl by the Ooustitutiun, hut, "\n the contrary, expressly and positively forbidtlcu by one of the amendments thereto; a power which, mortl \han any other, ought to produce universal ILlarm, be­caU! le it i~ leveled against the right of freely cxl~lll­lning puulic chttrncters and measures, and of free cotll· muuication nmong the people thereon, which lias ever OP '9 8 AND . 9 9 . been j~stly deemeu lhfl only effectual guardian of ever1 other nght. That this State having by its Convention which rati­fied the l''edernl Constitution, expressly d~elarccl, th:L& among other es~ontial rights, "the libt:rty of conscience nnd the press cannot be canceled, ahridgccl, restrained, or mocl lfietl by any authority of tiJe Uultcd States," and from It:~ e_xtreme unxicty to gu:u·tl thcse r il{ltts from e~ery poss1ble uttack of sophistry antl alll hition, having wtth other States rccornmemled an amendrnent for that. purpose, which amendment wus in due time nnnexcd to the Constitution, it would mark1 a reproacht\ti incousi ~­ten cy, anti crlminnl degeneracy, if !tn indiJfcrenet: were n_ow shown to tlte most palpable vlolatlou of one or thu nghts, thus declared Hn!l fiecurecl; an<l to tltc establish­mul~ t o! a pn·eetlcnt which muy be fatal to the othet·. 'lltat the good people of this Commonwealth hav· In~ e~e r felt, atHl continuing to feel, tho most sincere aJicct10n for their brethren of the other B1 ales, tho truest anxlrty for establishing and p e rp ct ut~ting the Uo10~ O\ all, and ~lte 010st scrupulous tidclity to that Constltutton which H! 1hc pledge of 111utual fricnd:~hip nnd the lus trument of mutual happlne:~~, the Oencral As~cm­bly doth I!Oit:mnly nppl!al 10 the like di,po~ititln:i in the other Statts, In confidence that they wtll concur wtth tltl:~ Oonunonwealth in declaring, ns it due~ hereby 1!eclare, that t ile a cts aforesaid arc unconRtitutlt,ual; and tha ~ the necessary and proper measures will l>e taken by e:\ch for cooperating with this State, in maintnining, unim­paired, the authorities, rights, au<i li bl•rtics, rcl!crvcu to the Stutes respect.ivcly, or to the people. That the govcl'llor be desired to t,ran!:tmit a copy of the foregoing resol utions to the executive authority of each of the other States, with a request that Lhe same may be communicated to the lcgi:~lnturc thereof; an<l that a copy be furnl:~hed to each of the Senator" ami It ·prcsent.ativeti representing this State In the Congrc:~s of the United Stutoa. TllE KENTUCKY RF.SOLUTIO:SS. Tho following resolutions, urn.fLcd by Thomas J effe rson, passed the Kentucky House of Re­presentatives on the lOth of Nov., 17tJ8, and were agreed to by tho Senate on the 13th of the same mon tb : 1. R BttohJod, 'l'hat the several States compo!!lng the United States of America, arc not unit cd on the pr inc~ pie of unlimited submil!slon to their general goven11oen~; but that by compact, under the style nnd title of a Con­stitution for the United l:ltates, antl of amenflmenl.(! thereto, they constituted a general government for spt>­cial purposes, delegated to that government certain definite power:~, reserving, each State to itself, the rc:~i· duary mass of right to their own self-government; and, that whensoever the Gcner:Ll Oovcrnmcnt ns~umeil undc· legated powers, lUi a cts arc unauthoritatlve, void. antl of no force ; that to this compact each S~ute acceded as a State, and is an intcgrul p<\rty; that this govern ment, created by this compact, was not made the exclusive or final j udge of the extent of the 'powers dclc!}'tLted to itself; since that wonltl have made its discretiOn, and not the Oonstitution, the measuro of it.-; powers ; but, that, as in all other cases of compact among parties ha v· lng no common judge, each party has an equal right t.o judge for Itself, as well of infractions a~; of the mode and mea..sur·o of redress. 2. R e8olved, '!'hat the Constitution of the niled tates having delegated to Congre11s a power to punl~h treason, counterfcitinJr the securities and current coin of the United Btates, piracies and felonies committed on the high seas, and otrensell againl!t the laws of n:\tlons, and uo other crimes wltiLtever; and it being true, as a gcno­ral principle, and one of the amendments lo the Con­stitution having a lsc declared, " that the power!! noL ~~