In the first half of 1860 Republican editors in Franklin's Repository and Transcript attacked slavery as a violation of nature
that stole from the workingman the fruits of his labor; they focused mainly on slavery's potential to undermine free labor. ![](/xml_docs/ahr/images/icon_dark_arrow.jpg)
In the first half of 1860 Democratic editors in Franklin County emphasized slavery's compatibility with the Northern economy
and society and Northern complicity in the South's institution. ![](/xml_docs/ahr/images/icon_dark_arrow.jpg)
In the heat of the campaign of 1860 both Franklin Democrats and Republicans shifted their emphasis on slavery. ![](/xml_docs/ahr/images/icon_dark_arrow.jpg)
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