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Newspaper
Aurora Weekly Standard
Location
Aurora, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1854
Page
2
G. W. Clark laments that warm emotions germinate only if the soul permits. A miser’s heart, chained by money, blocks such growth and yields a grim decline of nobler qualities, his mind enslaved by the glittering dollar and its protective instinct.
An 1851 Aurora column argues folly is universal and offers counsel to avoid the insult. It includes commentary on marriage commerce, wealth, and social aims, urging cold calculation over sentiment, followed by mixed news notes on railroads, drownings, shipwrecks, violent incidents, and regional political comeuppances.
Reports on the Nebraska bill show it awaiting a House decision requiring a two thirds vote. Richardson may move it to the committee on territories or to the committee of the whole to prolong debate. Indiana’s delegation splits with English Miller Dunham Hendricks for the bill and Mace Chamberlain Harlan Lane against. A Douglas effigy was found in Cambridge, and conspirators face trials in Wisconsin and Arkansas as Illinois debates the bill with party lines.
The piece notes widespread anger at Spain’s seizure of the Black Warrior by Cuban authorities. It reports Cuban dispatches of regret and possible compensation, suggesting the issue may be resolved by the President without Congress. It cites reactions, costs, and precedent in U.S. seizures of Cuban steamers.
Political summary reports mixed results with Democrats and Coalitionists winning House seats in several towns, shifting majorities and influencing Nebraska questions. Mentions New Hampshire, Whigs gains, and Baker’s ~3000 majority. Also notes Michigan liquor law appeals and Pennsylvania railroad plans amid various political items.
A poetic fragment contrasts various imagined lands with heaven. It rejects material splendor and distant realms, affirming heaven as a land of sunlight, gentle rivers, and the eternal presence of the Lord, an endless bright day.
Citizens of Dearborn County met at the market-house on March 10 in Lawrenceburg to form an anti temperance group. Gideon Renner chaired with P L Marneus as secretary as they denounced temperance foes and proposed circulating petitions for papers to promote their cause. Delegates Jacob Gysie and Marcus Levy were chosen, and officials Renner Matheus and Tanner were elected to lead the county organization. The meeting adjourned sine die. Meanwhile, western migration notes report many travelers moving toward Nebraska Territory with boats crowded for Missouri River routes.
Advices from Liverpool report the steamer Arabia arriving with news of a Spanish insurrection at Saragossa where a cavalry regiment seized a castle but was defeated and the city placed under Martial Law. Madrid Province is under siege and Concha Navarre and Esparte implicated. British, Russian and Austrian movements and preparations for war dominate Europe as Napier and Seymour command fleets. Greek and Turkish clashes persist and France and England press Russia to evacuate the Principalities. A political note from Indiana discusses pacific ties and a Nebraska bill approach.
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