Title
Letter from Puget Sound
Subject
Separatist movements
Description
Unionism in the North - The correspondent asserts near unanimity in Washington Territory against secession or a Pacific Republic, while also noting the territorial District Attorney had resigned to fight for the South.
Politics of Washington Territory - The correspondent thinks former Governor and incumbent Territorial Delegate Isaac Stevens will likely be renominated as a Democrat [he was not] but acknowledges that many people think Stevens neglected his duties as delegate during the Presidential campaign. Stevens worked to get former Oregon Governor and current Senator Joe Lane or anyone else nominated by the Democratic Party, other than Douglas, and when that effort failed, he served as the campaign chairman of the Breckenridge/Lane ticket advanced by the anti-Douglas Democrats. (See Richards, Isaac I. Stevens - Young Man in a Hurry, pp. 345-357 (1979). It is no wonder that he lost the support of many Democrats.)
Politics of Washington Territory - The correspondent thinks former Governor and incumbent Territorial Delegate Isaac Stevens will likely be renominated as a Democrat [he was not] but acknowledges that many people think Stevens neglected his duties as delegate during the Presidential campaign. Stevens worked to get former Oregon Governor and current Senator Joe Lane or anyone else nominated by the Democratic Party, other than Douglas, and when that effort failed, he served as the campaign chairman of the Breckenridge/Lane ticket advanced by the anti-Douglas Democrats. (See Richards, Isaac I. Stevens - Young Man in a Hurry, pp. 345-357 (1979). It is no wonder that he lost the support of many Democrats.)
Abstract
In a series of short news and opinion items, a Puget Sound correspondent informs San Francisco readers about Washington Territorial politics. He asserts near unanimity in Washington Territory against secession or a Pacific Republic. He thinks former Governor and incumbent Territorial Delegate Isaac Stevens will likely be renominated as a Democrat, but acknowledges that many people think Stevens neglected his duties as delegate during the Presidential campaign.
Creator
"From an Occasional Correspondent", Dymas
Source
Daily Evening Bulletin
Publisher
San Francisco, CA: J.W. Simonton; G.K. Fitch; J. Nesbit; C.J. Bartlett
Date Created
1861-03-10
Date Issued
1861-03-27
References
Stevens, Isaac Ingalls, 1818-1862
Medium
Web
Type
newspaper
Bibliographic Citation
Vol. 11, No. 143, p. 2, col. B
Spatial Coverage
Washington Territory
Temporal Coverage
1861-03-10
Provenance
Gale Group Database of 19 Century U.S. Newspapers, accessible through the King County Library System.
URL
infotrac.galegroup.com.ezproxy.kcls.org
Start Page
2
End Page
2