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Newspaper
Aurora Weekly Standard
Location
Aurora, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1856
Page
2
The Standard urges clergy avoid political office and warns that clerical involvement in elections degrades religion and weakens social trust. It argues ministers should speak on moral issues but remain separate from party campaigns, fearing factionalism and public discredit. It condemns mingling church and state.
The Greensburgh Press states its criticism of Rev W W Hibben was a political view not a personal attack. It disclaims personal acquaintance or prejudice while accusing Hibben of lowering himself to crude, violent conduct in a public controversy and not fitting for party nomination.
In Hamilton County Ohio the progressive Locofoco movement is blamed for widespread corruption among city and county officials. During a fugitive slave trial four hundred deputy marshals were paid two dollars a day, totaling twenty two thousand four hundred dollars. Many deputies were drawn from the city’s chain gang workhouse and prison populations, highlighting alleged systemic graft in local government.
A St Louis despatch notes Free State officers installed at Topeka on the 4th, with uncertainty about excitement or opposition. Also reports on a new Ambro-Ivory portrait process by Mr. Tuck in the city, Odd Fellows National Celebration in Cincinnati with gratis return tickets, and a Pacific postal system allowing letters to reach unknown recipients in California and Oregon through post offices.
A Baltimore woman gave birth to five babies and presented them to her liege lord. She is said to be doing well, and the babies likewise. The husband was last seen seeking GALLOWS.
Senate debates a bill to construct a rail and telegraph line from a Mississippi river point south of 37 degrees to the Pacific Ocean. It grants about forty million acres of land for sale at fifty cents per acre with half a million dollars security and aims to complete 100 miles within 18 months. Government pays 600 dollars per mile per year for mail until finished, with ten years of troop transport support. land reverts if not completed in ten years. Right of way four hundred yards wide. no exclusive privileges. Bill referred to Pacific Railroad committee. House discusses Kansas contested election case. heated exchanges on legality and Emigrant Aid Societies.
The New Haven Bank will issue notes using Serapyan’s patent process. It claims to be immune to counterfeiting by photography and chemical methods, with secret ink and special paper. Yale professors certify its protection and durability, while other New Haven banks plan to follow.
A critic deplores men who waste life chasing political favors and doing others' dirty work. Examples include a bank clerk, a salesman, and a merchant who ruin themselves chasing offices, neglect their trades, and leave families in poverty. The author argues industrious men can earn more outside politics.
The Nebraska win in Chicago is questioned amid claims of over a thousand illegal votes and fraud in Wisconsin and Kansas. A Syracuse murder case reveals a lawyer’s scheme over a $1,000 payoff and a mortgage dispute tied to insanity pleas. February’s short span and New Mexico’s population figures are cited along with a ship donation for Liberia and political caution from Indiana, Kentucky, and Missouri figures.
The Central Committee of the Wasutxetos Association of Dearborn County Indiana met at Lawrenceburg on the 8th inst to adopt a platform. It denounces slavery, supports temperance and equal rights, and endorses naturalization reforms. It also plans Washington Club chapters and a constitution with officers, dues, and meeting rules. A county slate of officers and members is listed, ending with a note on a circulating paragraph about costs of crime and government.
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