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Newspaper

Alton Observer

Location

Alton, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Dec 01, 1836

Page

3

Press and public critique of slavery cruelty and oppression

A harsh critique argues that slaveholding society blunts humanity andREPORTS the press faces backlash for defending enslaved people. Ministers, editors, and public voices are urged to defend negro rights, condemn slave drivers, and expose the cruelty embedded in a Christian republican nation.

Local Methodist Preachers Plan Philadelphia Newspaper and Book Concern

The Zion's Advocate notes nearly 10,000 local Methodist preachers in the United States are near starting a Philadelphia newspaper and a Book Concern for their benefit. It also reports the Evangelical Lutheran Church preparing Foreign Missions. At Maryland Synod, resolutions urged delegates to promote the General Synod plan.

Zion's Advocate United States Philadelphia Evangelical Lutheran Church Maryland General Synod Exizan P. Lovesor Presbytery Saint Charles St. Charles General Assembly Committee On Supplies James Gallaher Church of Troy H. H. Hays Buffalo Louisiana Aristhone First Presbyterian Church American Board of Commissioners For Foreign Missions Africa

Resolution on Baptist Tract Society at Western Baptists Convention

At the Cincinnati late Convention of Western Baptists a resolution supported forming the Baptist Bible Society and separating from interdenominational societies. It urged circulation of religious tracts as key to disseminating truth and reducing error and pledged united efforts to support the Baptist General Tract Society.

Convention of Western Baptists Cincinnati The Baptist Bible Society Baptist General Tract Society Fiorida St. Augustine Fort Drane Read Withlacoochee Wood United Graham Jessup Tampa Bay Alabama Auvorn Key West M’ixtosn Fort Mitchel Reap Pierce Creek Volunteers Charleston St. Johns Weatty M. Villerme France Calvados de l’Orme de la Sarthe l’Indre le Cher Paris Congress of Texas Richard Ellis Senate Ira Ingram Batagorda Houston Austin Smith Green Rusk Archer Lamar Zavala Texas United States N. Orleans Cambridge Mass Mr. Winslow Lynay Besener Cincir Lupia Jackson Boston Brooklyn Ichabod J. Spencer Bexjamis Lanenes Jackson College Ten Susan F. Farmann New Haven Conn Leonard Bacon Tuowas Brainern Cinncinnati Journal Mary Warrine Microcosm Mati Moore Alton P. B. Whipple Whipple & Forbes Second Street

Van Buren and Harrison Lead in 1836 State Returns

The issue is close across several states with Van Buren securing wins in Missouri and New York, while Vermont leans Harrison. New Jersey and Rhode Island results are unclear, and other regions report mixed electoral returns and local political notes from 1836.

Vincinta Deavant Harrison New York van Buren Congress Whig Assembly Hudson River Missouri Coxxrericut F. O. J. Smith Portland New Haristine Vermont Louisiana Mississippi

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