Excerpt from History of the 102d Regiment, O. V. I Up to the political campaign of 1860 no serious difficulty was anticipated, but the trouble was brought near by the split in the Democratic party in their National Convention of 1860 at Charles ton, S. C. The Northern Democrats, after the Southern delegates had withdrawn from the Convention, nominated Stephen A. Doug las, of bl, and the Southern Democrats adjourned to Baltimore, Maryland, and nominated John C. Breckenridge. Of Ky. The Republicans nominated Abraham Lincoln, of III. The Re publican platform did not attack the institution of slavery in the States where it already existed, but strongly contended against the further extention into the territories. The election of Abra ham Lincoln was the result oi the great political conflict. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.