29 Nov 1850
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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 29, 1850
Page
1
A long excerpt discusses pride in humble origins with Daniel Webster and a claim that aging affects vitality in children who sleep with the elderly. It cites medical observer notes on inharmonious sleeping arrangements, then shifts to flowers as universal symbols. It links flowers to bridal, funeral, and religious uses across cultures.
A southern correspondent asks the New York Tribune editor how to reconcile northern conduct freeing enslaved people with the tenth commandment. Greeley replies that freeing slaves is not covetous but principled, then questions Exodus passage and whether the Federal Constitution repeals this higher law. Interleaved are clipped items on religion, a colored meeting, storm courage, poverty of contentment, and Ohio Lunatic Asylum law details.
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