Gamble Letter of Acceptance for Georgia Race
Roger L. Gamble writes from Louisville on August 17 1835 accepting a Georgia congressional candidacy. He praises the State Rights cause, opposes Van Buren, endorses Hugh Lawson White, and urges Georgians to choose White over Van Buren, tying the matter to state and national union and constitutional principles. He defends patriotism, resigns to party discipline, and asserts his loyalty to Georgia and its sovereignty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milledgeville
Gol. Gamble
Loviéville
17Th
Sir
Georgia
South Carolina
Union
State Rights
Jackson
Crawford
Early
Troup
State Rights Party
Congress
United States
Martin van Buren
New York
Ginge Lawson White
Tennessee
Authern
Hall
Hugh Lawson
White
VarBuren
South
James Madison
Missouri
van Buren
Senate of
Treasury
Cumberland Road
Gen. Jackson
Congress of the United States
Committee of the
Shocco Springs
Judge White
Bank of United States
Sand Withal
Roger L. Gamble
State Rights Nominations in Augusta for Governor and Congress
August 19 1835 issue notes nominations for governor Charles Dougherty and congressmen Roger L Gamble Robert A Beall with Richard H Wilde and Thomas Fef Foster. The Southern Literary Messenger is referenced with a note on omitted August issue contents due to crowded columns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Dougherty
Congress
Roger L. Gamble
Robert A. Beall
Richard H. Wilde
Thomas Fef
Foster
Southern Literary Messenger
Pistols praised for workmanship at Broad street shop
The Constitutionalist notes a pair of Richmond county pistols by Banger, son-in-law of Daniel Hack, praised for heavy cast steel barrels, dogwood handles with silver inlays, and simple percussion locks. The piece urges curious readers and supporters of domestic manufacture to inspect them.
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L. H. Hamilton
Broad Street
Richmond County
Banger
Daniel Hack
Richmond
Resolution urging legislative interposition to guard Southern rights
This meeting echoes the Philadelphia gathering, praising its honor and Southern justice. It approves a single resolution urging the Legislature in the next session to pass laws, within constitutional bounds, to protect Southern people from abolition movements and contraventions of Southern states policies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
South
Albany Meeting Criticized As Ineffective Purport
The writer derides the Albany gathering as a milky sham like Boston and New York meetings, full of fine words but empty of measures to curb a dangerous combination. It notes the governor presided and fears the New York Legislature will offer nothing substantive.
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Boston
New York
Portsmouth Herald
Albany
New-York
Unsteady party lines on Schley candidate exposed
The text attacks the Schley faction's shifting portrayals of a gentleman, condemning their contradictory claims. It argues the Schley party oscillates between depicting him as a ruthless Nulli fier-tomorrow figure and as a timid submissionist, denying any claimed fraternity with their ranks.
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Schley Party
Federal Union
Judge Dougherty
American Turf Register September No delivers engravings and praise
The September issue of the American Turf Register boasts useful Turf and Field content for horse lovers and breeders. It features a fine engraving of the English horse Lortxrr and a portrait of Granoe Nutsox, rider for Mr. Whitaker, with claims of fidelity and life-like depiction. The volume marks a new era under Grovoy B. Surrn, focusing on neat typography and strong embellishment, with better prospects ahead.
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American Turf Register
Granoe Nutsox
Publicly Shocking Lynching Sentencing in Wilmington Court
In Wilmington Delaware a free black woman Mary Reed was convicted of petty larceny in Mayor's Court and sentenced to twenty one lashes on the bare back and sold as a servant to pay a four dollar fine and prosecution costs. The piece denounces northern emancipation rhetoric as hypocritical and brutish.
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Wilmington
Del
Mary Reed
Murel and the Abolitionists Revealed in Reminiscence
The Boston Commercial Gazette recalls a New York Anti-Slavery Society meeting with Birney George Thompson and others. it claims abolitionists plotted a general insurrection in the South and implicates Murel with Northern conspirators. It urges Southern vigilance and unity to defend themselves against perceived enemies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Commercial Gazette
American Anti-Slavery Society
New York
8. B. Birney
Kentucky
Stow
Boston
Kirk
George Thompson
Birney
Murel
Vinoit A.srvanz
Tennessee
South must unite for protection against abolitionists and Northern presses
A September 12 1335 letter from New York argues that abolitionists as a powerful, organized force threaten the South. It urges unified Southern action to counter Northern and Eastern pressures, including legislative and postal power limits, while condemning Boston New York and Philadelphia actions as hostile to Southern rights. The writer ennobles Virginia and praises Massachusetts or other states’ shortcomings, urging decisive sanctions against Northern interference.
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South
Boston
New York
Massachusetts
House
Senate
Faneuil Hall
North
East
Congress
Kendall
Carolina
Jackson
Mr. Kendall
Virginia
Canotria and the North South Rail Road Debate
A partisan letter rails at Georgia leaders and Northern elites while arguing for southern unity and rail road expansion. The writer denounces subservience to outside powers, praises Troup and Gilmer, condemns Lumpkin, Wayne, and Forsyth, and predicts a Georgia deliverance. He defends rail roads as vital to Augusta and the South, cites costs of Boston routes, and contends Southern industry rivals the North. He warns of national dissolution but urges firm Union leverage for favorable terms.
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Canotria
Carolina
Virginia
Georgia
Lumpkin
Wayne
Forsyth
Troup
Gilmer
North
Potomac
Lowell
Boston
Boston and Providence
Boston and Worcester
Augusta
Warrenton
Worcester
United States
Family satire erupts in political quarrel over Schley
In the Courier, a heated exchange labels a modern family at the center of a political feud. The writer mocks alleged names and titles while accusing rivals of envy and corruption. The piece touches on Dr Lemle Col Gamble and a Baltimore mayoral result, with sharper jabs at the Constitutionalist editor. Gen. Samuel Smith wins Baltimore mayor by 3,579 votes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Schley
Mr. Lemle
Dr. Lemle
Squire
Felf
Col. Gamble
Col
Golagonshaw
Festus
Superior Court
Congress
Georgia
Jefferson
Harman
Baltimore
Constitutionalist
Courier
Gen
Samuel Smith
Mr. Davis
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Symons
Oulson
American Daily Advertiser
Paisley
Scotland
America
Henry Miller
Glasgow
Michigan
Detroit Journal
Portsmouth
Dougherty
The
Abolitionists
Charleston
Tappan
Augusta Chronicle
Schley
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