Beaverdam and Horicon County Seat Debate
A Wisconsin newspaper column argues the political and logistical merits of placing the county seat at Beaver Dam or Horicon. It weighs building availability, transportation, and local taxes, urging residents to prefer a location with ready county buildings and easier access, while urging conservatives to back Lincoln and repeal obstructive acts to pacify the South.
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Debate Over Slavery Laws and Union Preservation
The speaker urges Democrats to enforce federal laws, curb Southern agitation, and prevent secession. They accuse Republicans of nullification and blame the party for disunion, calling for conservative action to keep the Union intact and avoid empowering the South.
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Jackson
Douglas
South
Lincoln
North
John Brown
Democratic Party
Carl Schurz
Faul Finding in Town and State Complaints
A satirical note on chronic fault finders who condemn their state, county, and town, finding fault with every detail of tavern meals and service. The author mocks their griping as a bid for perceived importance and questions their consistency and choice to stay.
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Union
The Cod-fish Aristocracy and the Traveling Gentleman
A reflective piece contrasts settlers of better stations with travelers who complain abroad. It argues no gentleman, in any cloth, is pleased by sham hospitality and notes true courtesy comes from those who do well and labor, while critics fault poorer service when away from home.
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Grambling
Lincoln must be conservative and party rule prevails
A political argument urges conservatives to back Republican aims, aligning with preserving slavery era rights, opposing abolitionists, and upholding fugitive slave law. It contends Lincoln should govern by protecting slaveholders’ rights, and that conservatism by Whigs and Democrats will triumph through integrity of the Union, despite electoral defeat.
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Lincoln
Supreme Court of the United States
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Georgia
Alabama
Mississippi
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Beaver Dam urged as site for new county buildings
The county debates location for a new court house jail and records building. Beaver Dam offers debt free status and a chance to raise twenty thousand dollars to fund county halls, promising relief to farmers and enhanced commerce in the county seat. Toricon and Juccau are also mentioned as possibilities.
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Juccau
Toricon
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Our Course Toward Editors and Community Unity
Our course toward editors abroad and at home aims for harmony while we contest ideas in public. We reject personal vilification and avoid taking sides for individuals. Some cheer the quarrel, but they lack stake in any paper and resemble onlookers at a street fight.
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Dodge County papers aim to be best in the state
An editorial argues for high journalistic standards, urges avoiding personal attacks, and seeks to unite Dodge County papers to publish strong, varied content. It critiques a slavery synopsis of President Lincoln's era and notes Congress tensions over Missouri Compromise concessions and party splits. It covers Kansas raids and Republican shifts on abolitionists. A boxing bout report from England ends the column.
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Lincoln
West Kansas border violence reported in Bourbon and Vernon
A dispatch from Sansas Newse Warnac details ongoing abolitionist raids in Bourbon and Vernon counties Kansas, noting murders, threats, and mass movements of refugees toward Butler and interior areas. Capt Doak reports arming efforts and a sheriff backed border defense with 40 muskets dispatched to Bates County towns.
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Henry Co
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A Clever Pickpocket and a Humorous Tale from Stuttgart
A sharp pickpocket in Stuttgart feigns services to tempt a passerby then snuffs and watches vanish. Notes left say the victim does not need a snuff box or a watch, highlighting a sly ruse. The piece shifts to monthly wrecks totals for London Shipping Gazette and ends with a wry proverb on dinners and harmony.
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