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Newspaper
Cassville Standard
Location
Cassville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1855
Page
2
A critical examine of the Know Nothing movement argues its premises demand exclusion of Catholics and foreigners, then calls for universal disenfranchisement. It contends secrecy and oath-bound party organization threaten the Constitution, urging retrace or overpowering reform to preserve citizenship and republican liberty.
The temperance body will convene in Marietta next Wednesday with the Lith inst. The annual address will be delivered on Tuesday by Rev Dr Portox of this county. The issue goes to press a day early to observe the Fourth of July. The Three Golden Links chapter is omitted this week due to late paper arrivals.
The Georgia State Teachers Association will reconvene in Macon on Wednesday August 9 at 9 o'clock a.m. All teachers in the state are urged to attend.
The article notes ongoing rain improves growing conditions across the county and neighboring areas. Farmers report prior dry spells but now anticipate strong crops, with lowland fields entering a very favorable phase for growth.
The Valley Lodge No 48 announces officers for the term starting on the first Friday in July and includes Tuomas A Burkey and others. A column will publish a subscriber note naming Sosath Buloman and Johnson as legislative candidates with no endorsement implied beyond support for regular Democratic nominees. The Athens Banner is praised for strong Democratic stance and vitality.
From Atlanta to rural districts confident talk centers on Governor Johnson’s likely re election by a wide margin. Sam and Elick face erosion of support in Middle and Lower Georgia and Sixth District splits grow as Ex Governor Cobb roars in Eight. Sage Andrews nomination seen as political savvy amid shifting loyalties.
The Georgia Citizen cites discontent among Whigs as Democrats unite to oppose Sam, predicting a heavy defeat for his supporters. It urges Democrats to work hard to mobilize, warning Sam’s backers they face an arduous campaign and a rough early October result.
The Georgia Know Nothings held a Macon convention with about 250 delegates and nominated Hon. Garnett Andrews of Wilkes county for governor. They endorsed the Philadelphia platform and the 1850 Georgia platform, criticized Gen. Pierce, and urged members to vote for Andrews or face withdrawal or perjury. The piece notes mixed factions within the new party and calls for public debates on party principles.
The Rome Southerner cites the Washington Union arguing no national party can exist without excluding slavery from its creed. It laments Union and Southern Know Nothing tensions, predicts platforms ignoring slavery, and notes Democratic gains and conservative, national responses amid Civil War era discourse.
The article argues northern and southern Democrats must unite on a national platform to defend the Union and Constitution against disunionism. It cites editors of the Mercury and Union papers condemning slavery as a divisive issue and urging cross regional collaboration for the 1856 election. It contrasts northern courage with southern interests and emphasizes fidelity to the Union.
A Cassville Standard science feature explains lightning as accumulated electricity from clouds. The piece outlines three production causes: evaporation from earth, surface chemical changes, and air currents of unequal temperature generating friction. The article notes charge transfer when an overcharged cloud nears one with lower charge.
A Cassville citizen endorses William Solomon and Abda Johnson, Esq. as Cass County candidates for the next Legislature. The letter urges support from voters of all parties, praising the pair as honest and capable and asking to publish the endorsement.
Gov. Herschel V. Johnson declares he would not negotiate with the North on slavery and would seek a state convention to sever Georgia from the Union if Kansas is rejected. He pledges loyalty to the Georgia Platform as sovereign state policy and promises legislative action in the event of such rejection.
The Democratic State Convention of Louisiana at Baton Rouge nominated a strong ticket for state offices. Governor R. C. Wise, Lieutenant Governor D. H. Mouton, Secretary A. S. Herron, Treasurer C. E. Grenoeaux, Auditor Samuel F. Marks, Superintendent Simugh Beard, Attorney General E W Mosso. Orleans Bulletin (Whig) calls it indubitably strong.
The convention endorses a Georgia declaration to resist any Congress action on slavery in the District of Columbia or territories that harms slaveholding interests. The Commercial Bulletin calls it a rational national conservative creed, essential for Southern political support.
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