Test. Test. Captioning performed by vitac the polling place was in the center of the building, but to get to that polling place, to get into the center of the building, you had to pass by two tables, one was staffed by a republican, one by democratic operatives, and they were the ones who gave you your ballot, the ballots were printed by parties, there was no official ballot, and the operatives who worked for the Republican Party at that polling place happened to also work for a man named Thomas Kingsford who owned the kingsford mill, you might use kingsford starch in your cooking or to keep your clothes stamped, still a Large Company today, and it was widely known that as the kingsford employees, as the many who worked for kingsford walked into the building the republican operatives would hand them their tickets and remind them that they were expected to vote the way that kingsford wanted them to. They had to go straight on in. As one of the democratic observers testified, the workers
Were moving for and if you dont believe in that you have no business supporting anyone other than George Mclelland and the democratic ticket. If you are a republican, in 1864, youre going to do everything you can to deflect the emphasis on race. You cannot win the election defined in terms of racial equality. You must win the election if youre going to win at all, defining the issue in terms of union. So what the republicans are going to stress above all is the disloyalty of the Democratic Party. Theyre going to link the Democratic Party with the south. Theyre going to emphasize the Democratic Partys support for a ceasefire, at least according to its platform. And so you have other images. Again im going to skip over. There are other images about mesogenation here. Heres one particular republican car too that shows the Democratic Party in 1832 and 1864. This should resinate to some degree. 1832 is the midst of whats called the nullcasi if icasion process nullinicatoin process, stanch a
Experiment of war, we demand that immediate efforts made for a cessation of hostilities, peace may be restored on the basis of the federal union. What the platform is saying immediately ceasefire negotiation with the south, the only issue, union. Emancipation completely off the table. This then is the two sides. The two sides are drawn, but one very significant thing happens before the general election. The momentum on the field of battle turns. If theres single critical event, it is the fall of atlanta, which had been the object of Union Attention since the spring, fall of atlanta on the second of september. This is immediate greeted with jubilation across the north, and may have been the single thing what turns the tied of the northern opinion. In the election that follows, you see two very queer strategies. If you are a democrat, youre going to emphasize race. What northern democrats are going to do throughout the election of 1864 is constantly remind northern voters this is an unne
The officer tailing an elderly woman on her dangerous journey. Just dont tip it. Im not going to tip it. How this faceoff comes to an end. And good evening. Thanks for joining us on this saturday. Im tom llamas. A lot of news to get to tonight. First up, that assault on Dallas Police headquarters, turning an intersection into a combat zone. A neighbor hearing gun fire and shooting this cell phone video out the window. The alleged gunman, you can see him there, driving that heavily armored vehicle, turning a and slamming into a police car. A chase following. Hours later, that vehicle, you see it there, ending up in flames. The gunman, the only one to die. And now, the fbi joining the investigation into the shootout. Tonight, what drove this man to attack . Abcs ryan owens in dallas tonight. Reporter an allout assault on a major American Police department. So many shots, cops first thought there might be four gunmen. It turns out to be a lone suspect, firing at police from an armored van