The North has rolled up a decisive majority for Abraham Lincoln. For the first time our national head is chosen by a purely sectional vote. Fifteen States are without a President. We fear the worst, yet still trust the threatened calamity may be averted.
Original passage & context
"The North has rolled up a decisive majority for ABRAHAM LINCOLN as President, and HANNIBAL HAMLIN as Vice President of the Nation. It is the first time in the history of the country that its national head has been elected by a purely sectional vote. [...] Fifteen States are without a President — they took no part in his election, and refuse their consent to come under an administration founded upon a sentiment hostile to their social system. [...] While we fear the worst results to the nation from the election of LINCOLN, we still trust that the threatened calamity may be averted, and our glorious Union still remain."
The Democratic paper in the same town as the Franklin Repository (se-002), same week — the morning-after dread: Lincoln as the first President chosen by 'a purely sectional vote,' fifteen states withholding consent. The Vice-President's name is normalized from the paper's 'HANIBAL.' Verified at Valley of the Shadow. Fragments joined with [...].
Northern press · Democratic Condensed — not verbatim Source scan differs from our text — see the record