Debate over Washington foreigner policy stirs furious letters
The Standard rebuts a Register critique accusing it of anti foreigner campaigning. It questions Washington era views on natives and emigration, defends Franklin and other writers, denounces hidden plots and secrecy, and demands Book publish direct answers on the matter and a response to a pending senatorial issue.
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Baron Steuben
Decoudry
Hulman
Governeur Morrin
Marquis de Lafayette
John Q. Adams
John St. Clair
Franklin
Frogtown Debating Club
Jefferson
Sac Nients
Legislature adjourns without electing officers and governor’s appointments debated
The Legislature adjourned with no officers chosen. Reports claim Gov Wright made appointments which Dr Collins refuses to swear in, arguing the governor lacks power to appoint officers not elected by the legislature, lest he violate the Constitution.
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Collins
Kansas
Darke
Preble
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Hamilton County
Ohio
Bourbon County
Kentucky
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Lawrence
Kansas River
T. B. Mason
Walnut Street
Texas
Cincinnati Gazette
Mass Intercepted Plot at San Juan Recounted in Rushville
The Rushville Republican reprints a chaotic Civil War era tale of a planned inland shipment of munitions to support President Chamorro, a pursuit by a six American crew and one Irish Californian, and natives challenging the flotilla before a scuttled plan. The piece shifts to moral observations on crime and politics.
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Woman’s Advocate
Philadelphia
Anne E. McDowell
Odd Fellows
Order
Geo. B. Jocelyn
Centreville
Lud
Graham
R. H. Sze & Co
San Juan
Greytown
Chamorro
Col. Wheeler
United States
Serapique
The New Post Office Bill Introduces Higher US Postage
The proposal enforces prepaid postage after July and raises California rate to ten cents. It outlines three to ten cent charges based on distance, doubles for double letters, and adds half ounce increments. Postmasters may stamp collectors, but registration is optional. It also tightens penalties for stamp misuse and clarifies franking rules.
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Post Office
California
United States
Post Office Department
Post-Office Department
Paced Pacific colonies plan shocks nation and warns public
A speculative New York Herald note describes a secret scheme to form a new Pacific republic spanning California Oregon Washington and parts of Utah and New Mexico. It calls for a confederated gov ernment a railroad boycott slave policy shifts and seizing US reserves with foreign indifference.
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Republic of the West
New York Herald
California
Oregon Territory
Washington Territory
Utah
New Mexico
Atlantic
Washington
Pacific
United States
Sandwich Islands
England
France
Spain
Pacific Railroad Party
Virginia
Legislature Fails to Elect Officials Amid Party Strife
The Legislature adjourned with no United States Senator or state officers elected as the old line Democrats refused to approve any vacancies. Republicans tried to proceed but were blocked by a quorum break and conspiratorial delays, sparking sharp charges of partisan obstruction and duty abandonment.
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United States
House
Frazer
Rosciusco
Humphreys
U. S
Hester
Sentinel
Senate
U.S
Freeland
Richardson
St. Joseph
Leroy Woods
Floyd
Indiana
Nebraska
Indianapolis Journal
Department of the Interior
Grand Coup Contemplated in Crimea Provokes Imperial Plans
The N O Picayune notes extraordinary intelligence from Paris claiming Louis Napoleon plans a bold seizure of Sevastopol. The scheme includes a large armada, a rapid campaign, and a return to Paris to stun conspirators, with Prussian frontier moves to pressure Rhine passage. A closing crude tip about hens ends the item.
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Louis Napoleon
Crimea
Paris
Sevastopol
St. Arnaud
Raglan
Canrobert
France
Marseilles
Toulon
Algiers
Perekov
Prussian
Rhenish
Prussia
Rhine
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