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September 12, 1850
Glasgow Weekly Times
Glasgow, Howard County, Missouri
What is this article about?
David S. Reid, who supported the Wilmot Proviso for excluding slavery from Oregon Territory, was elected Governor of North Carolina, defeating Whig incumbent Gov. Manly by 3800 votes. The election focused on the slavery question, with Democrats backing Reid.
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NORTH CAROLINA DEMOCRACY.
We find the following account of the result of the election in North Carolina. in the National Anti-Slavery Standard. one of the rankest Abolition papers in the land:
It will be seen by returns of the Gubernatorial election in North Carolina that David S. Reid, the man who stood by James M. Root. J. R. Giddings, Hannibal Hamlin. David Wilmot, and others, in voting for the exclusion of Slavery in the Territory of Oregon. has been elected Governor of North Carolina. He is the only Anti. Whig candidate that has ever been elected. in the State. since the election was given to the people.
"The canvass was conducted on the Slavery question, the Whigs denying the expediency of the Wilmot proviso. and the Democrats sustaining D. S. Reid, who has ever been a friend to the Proviso. and. when in Congress. voted for it in the Oregon Bill. D. S. Reid leads Gov. Manly 3800 votes; the average Whig vote being from three to eight thousand majority.
Three cheers for North Carolina!"
What does the Democracy of Missouri think of that? Do they respond to the cheers?
We find the following account of the result of the election in North Carolina. in the National Anti-Slavery Standard. one of the rankest Abolition papers in the land:
It will be seen by returns of the Gubernatorial election in North Carolina that David S. Reid, the man who stood by James M. Root. J. R. Giddings, Hannibal Hamlin. David Wilmot, and others, in voting for the exclusion of Slavery in the Territory of Oregon. has been elected Governor of North Carolina. He is the only Anti. Whig candidate that has ever been elected. in the State. since the election was given to the people.
"The canvass was conducted on the Slavery question, the Whigs denying the expediency of the Wilmot proviso. and the Democrats sustaining D. S. Reid, who has ever been a friend to the Proviso. and. when in Congress. voted for it in the Oregon Bill. D. S. Reid leads Gov. Manly 3800 votes; the average Whig vote being from three to eight thousand majority.
Three cheers for North Carolina!"
What does the Democracy of Missouri think of that? Do they respond to the cheers?
What sub-type of article is it?
Politics
Slave Related
What keywords are associated?
North Carolina Election
David S Reid
Governor
Wilmot Proviso
Slavery Exclusion
Oregon Territory
What entities or persons were involved?
David S. Reid
James M. Root
J. R. Giddings
Hannibal Hamlin
David Wilmot
Gov. Manly
Where did it happen?
North Carolina
Domestic News Details
Primary Location
North Carolina
Key Persons
David S. Reid
James M. Root
J. R. Giddings
Hannibal Hamlin
David Wilmot
Gov. Manly
Outcome
d. s. reid elected governor, leading gov. manly by 3800 votes
Event Details
Returns show David S. Reid elected Governor of North Carolina after a canvass on the slavery question, where Democrats supported his pro-Wilmot Proviso stance against Whigs denying its expediency. He is the only Anti-Whig candidate elected since popular voting began.