| Lucas P. Thompson, "Lucas P. Thompson to John H. McCue," November 1, 1860 Summary
Thompson, certain that Lincoln would win the presidential election, predicted secession yet considered it "madness and folly
of committing suicide for fear of dying." Thompson, a Whig, foresaw only more difficulties with disunion, and clung to a
distant hope that Bell might win.
Full-text web version of letter 
Location of original letter
McCue Family Papers (MS 4406), Box 4, Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library, University of Virginia
Points of Analysis to this Data:
 "Augusta's Whig Party emphasized that slavery was safer within the Union than without and that in the 1860 election slavery
had become needlessly politicized. The Augusta Whigs moved to develop a new party around Constitutional Unionism."
Citation: Key = E034
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