Primary Source Guide: The Election of 1860 Books and Pamphlets Books and Pamphlets ⇐Return to The Primary Source Guide: The Election of 1860 The wide-awake Vocalist: or, Rail Splitters’ Song Book: Words and Music for the Republican Campaign of 1860: Embracing a Great Variety of Songs, Solos, Duets, and Choruses, Arranged for Piano or Melodeon. Political Record of Stephen A. Douglas on the Slavery Question: A Tract Issued by the Illinois Republican State Central Committee