Try 7 days of FREE access to billions of articles

Start Free Trial

Augusta Chronicle in Augusta, Georgia

We have 1,947,233 pages in Georgia

View this page and access billions of articles with a 7-day free trial.

Start Free Trial

This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!

Start Free Trial

Cancel anytime, risk free

Not what you were looking for? Search our billions of articles

Advanced Search

Articles on This Page

This newspaper page contains 4 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.

Newspaper

Augusta Chronicle

Location

Augusta, Georgia, United States of America

Date

May 14, 1836

Page

4

Farewell Welcome Home Verse

A speaker bids a fond farewell from a Southern shore, expressing regret at a brief stay ending and uncertainty about returning. The verse ends with a hopeful sign off welcome home.

Senate action on incendiary publications and Smithson legacy debate

The Senate debated substitutes to curb incendiary publications and considered a joint resolution on receiving the Smithson Legacy for a District university. Key figures included Linn Southard Hendricks Pursgl, Warre Preston and Calhoun with votes split on expunging a previous US Senate resolution. The session concluded with an executive adjournment and a State Department communication.

Senate Messrs Pursrox Warre Senate of the United States Public Revenue Journal of the Senate The Smithson Preston Great Britain Congress Committee of the Senate Linen Ile Clayton Southard Butchanan Calhoun Davis Walker Yeas Benton Black Buchanan Clay Crittenden Cuthbert Ewing Ohio Goldsborough Geundy Hendricks Hubbard Kent King Alabama Knight Leigh Linn Mangum Moore Naudain Nichols Porter Prentiss Rives Robbins Swift Talmadge Tomlinson St. Nays Messrs. Calhoun Hill King of Geo Robinson White

Debates on Virginia Legacy and Federal Consolidation Risks

The record cites congressional motions on clerk salary increases, Navy reports on Dry Tortugas, and memorials against journal expungement in Virginia. It also recounts discussions on foreign pauperism, Massachusetts poverty, Cumberland Road funding, and harbor improvements. The Daw essay warns against centralization undermining states and liberty.

Virginia and the dangers of centralized power in the republic

The speaker laments the loss of Virginia’s political independence and the risk of imperial style control. He warns that without virtue and vigilance the people must curb power, lest the state disintegrate or consolidate, and urges harmony between state and federal governments through public virtue.

Athens Themistocles Asia Rome Gibbon Ribine Danube Nero Caligula Augustus Casar Wythe Pendleton Rhoane Henrys Masons Randolphs Senate Casars Virginia West of England Georgia Hotel Gainesville Norhwest Hall County

Also Mentioned on This Page

Augusta Chronicle TOM. E.c Byron P. H.C Florida Miss Charlotte Augusta Theatre Loto Sprung U. S. Telegraph Congressional State Department Navy Department Commodore Rodgers Lieut Gedney Arkansas England Wales Britain Massachusetts France Vermont Wright Rainsford Island Boston Parker Mississippi Mancum Tovin Historical and Philosophical Society of Virginia Thomas R. Daw College of William and Mary Poland Chetrish Ferney Jroncemr Washington Jefferson Madison Wvotice FES Yue Eagle & Phenix Augusta Insurance & Banking Company Augusta Thawea Lute R. Caurpert Joux Boxes IR. Sr. Joan & Co Joan Cosneny J. IL. Haneen Wot M. D’anvienac M. D’anrignac W.H. Tuner Notech J. P. Dougherty Barrons John P. Eve Richmond County Henry Chance L. B. Burch R. Waynesboro Georgia Burke County James Tindal Sampson Jenkins Waynesborough J. G. Baduly Louisville Jefferson County Big Check William Clement R. Lowry William Lowry Alex. Lowry Guardian Georgiia Jeffrson County Thomas P. Brown John H. Brown David Brown E. B. Bothwell Columbia Sheriffs Appling Columbia County William 8 Dun Fanny Abram Emily James G. Huchingson Columbia Superior Court Thos. N. Hamilton Huchingson Isaac Ramsey Jesse S. Walton Said Archer Powell Randol Ramsy WM. L. Crawford Augusta Ga Mathew Watma Holcombe, Peck & Co Geo Baltimore Hamburg Beard & Pitts Henry Byne Richard Byne Scriven County Peter Arnett Robert Arnett Lavy Cullen Williamson Joshua Perry Herdas Samuel Bigham Janes Stone Richard Peel E. Bothwell Mary Ann Bullard James Bullard Burke Superior Court Joan Sury Trntsa Farnett Beaver Panvet St Burke John Watts Admiiistrator Inferior Court of David Vinson George Magruder Adin’r. Will Price & Mallery Broad Street Robert A. Reynolds Robert Reynolds Said County Martin B. Reynolds S.vowdens New York Willa E. Walker Georgias Natchez Waynesboro Mr. Baird Marbury McKinne Jones, Reynold Market Bay Streets Augusta Seed Stord FRM Nhe Augusta Seed Greenland Leeds Andrew Cuantes WM. R. Johnson T. B. Howard Cotty Lorenzo Ripley Greenville Anhrough Edgefield C. H Liberty Hill Cedar Springs Abbeville C. IL Anderson C. H Pendleton C. H Pickensville C. H Abbeville Piedmont Western Ashville Warm Springs N. C Knoxville Bean R. Douglass & Co
Search Courier

Search the Augusta Chronicle Today with a Free Trial

We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.

Not Finding What You Were Looking for on This Page of The Augusta Chronicle?

People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!

Looking Courier

Browse Newspapers

You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!

By Location

By Location

Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.

Browse by Location
By Date

By Date

Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.

Browse by Date
By Publication

By Publication

Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.

Browse by Publication