| Chambersburg Valley Spirit, "The Slavery Question in Congress," July 25, 1860 Summary
The article depicted slavery as a contentious political topic that was being pushed to the fore by Republicans, not Democrats.
Republican abolitionists, the editors claimed, seek to destroy not only the system of labor in the South but also its racial
hierarchy.
EXCERPT:
"Every true friend of our country must deprecate the agitation of the slavery question."
"It is high time that there be a stop put to this slavery agitation--The welfare of the country suffers by it, whilst our
people are made the laughingstock amongst foreign powers."
Full-text web version of newspaper  Points of Analysis to this Data:
 "In the heat of the campaign of 1860 both Franklin Democrats and Republicans shifted their emphasis on slavery."
Citation: Key = E078
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