Anniversary Address and Poetic Reflections in 19th Century Print
A verbose printed address by W.C. McAussen & Il. Harper opens with seasonal wishes and a toast to enduring merriment. The piece juggles classical allusions, Baconian science, Faust, Cuvier, and Buckland, and mocks superstitions while praising the press. It weaves verses on national pride, naval power, and technological progress led by Fulton, ending with thanks to a muse and a sign off from the carrier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Faust
Cuvier
Buckland
Nebuchadnezzar
Chaldea
Dervil
Cimon
Themistocles
Baltic
Constantine
StemSool
England
Euxine
Danube
Bosphoros
Malomet
Mecca
Fulton
Promethean
Asia
Nile
Anniversary Ode Reflects on Nations and Time
A verseful reflection on the passing year inspiring thoughts on politics and change. The speaker laments suspended banks and asks for better times while invoking Victoria's reign and the reshaping of Europe under Bourbon France and Turkish, Spanish, and Greek tides.
Phrenology Rival Faces Vienna Marriage Comedy
In this long tale Caroline von Pichler faces a forced match to Professor Richter a pompous phrenologist. Ernst Manheim the tutor reveals love for Caroline and thwarted schemes as a plan to seize her fortune collapses when the aunt destroys the skull cabinet. The wedding proceeds amid comic danger and a clever escape.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caroline von Pichler
Kohlmarkt
Regent Street
Vienna
Madame Annette von Fichler
Caroline
Ernst Manheim
Ernst
Apollo Belvidere
Caroline Pichler
Professor Ritcher
von Fugger
Augsburg
Leipzig
Francis
Charles V
Germany
Keats
Endymion
Diana
Heidelberg
Hyperion
Armoged
Annette
Richter
Andaroline
Heidelberg Mercury
Coleridge
Madame
Sechar
Binders Mercury
Annette von Pichler
Countess von Fugger
Inaugural Address on State rights and banking power
Gov Bacay states the State must maintain a clear line between State and Federal authority and opposes a National Bank. He argues Congress has no power to create such a bank, urges prudent debt management, and calls for cautious, supervised banking within state institutions to avoid ruinous currency effects. The address affirms loyalty to the Constitution and warns against overstepping constitutional bounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gov. Bacay
Legislature of
Alabama
United States
Congress
Aaron
Bank
Apostle of Liberty
Also Mentioned on This Page
W.C. M’caussen
Harper. Cores
Parnassus
Moodey
Haman
Earth
Heaven
Patagonia
Mexico
Texas
St. Lawrence
Niawara
CoLtumpra
Atlantic
Exerann
Isles
Victoria
France
Bourbon
Elysian Fields
Spain
Montezuma
Austria
Komn
Scipio
Garrer
Greece
Armen
Mus Ceelamy
London
R. Shelton MacKenzie
Rabelais
Ritcher
University of Heidelberg
Cordelia
Mear
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