Internal interference and territorial governance debate
A lengthy piece argues Congress has no power beyond the Constitution and cites Cass on territorial rights versus federal control. It critiques party sectarianism, warns Catholics and Know Nothings, and urges unity to defend the Constitution against sectional schemes.
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Congress
Globe
Wifich
Supreme Court
District of Columbia
Nicholson
McLean
Supreme Court of the United States
United States
Ile
Democratic Party
Corong
Lewis Cass
Havana Plan Lottery Prizes Paid Across Several Cities
The Capital Prizes drawn at Concert Hall Macon Georgia on September 8 distributed as follows: No 2478 12000 in Macon GA No 1817 5000 in Cleveland Ohio No 2021 8000 in Lynchburg VA No 608 1200 Brooklyn NY No 4772 1100 in Vicksburg MS A reward offered for information leading to the estate of Deury Harper deceased.
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Havana
Macon
Jasper County Academy
Gia
Cleveland
Ohio
Lynchburg
Brooklyn
Vicksburg
Migs
Wesley and Catholic faith in Irish Protestant schism
A sermonic polemic discusses Jonathan Wesley's approach to converting Catholics in Ireland. It argues against persecution, cites Wesley’s plan to imitate Apostles, praises Catholic preachers and Cardinal Wiseman, and warns Protestant friends against constitutional anti Catholic action, urging peaceful religious reform.
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Mr. Wesley
Sons of Darkness
Wesley
Bossuet
Mascaron
Flechier
Bourdalouc
Fenelon
Muassilon
Ravignan
Lacordaire
Beautain
Cardinal Wiseman
Farmers withdraw from Know Nothing Lodge pledge
Farrmount Indiana Sept 2 55 Eds Standard announces that Riley Gentry and Landon Gentry have left the Know Nothing or American Lodge. They state they have acted in good faith and will remain Democrats until death.
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Farrmount
Gordon
For Governor Herschel V. Johnson of Baldwin
A fragmented ballot teaser lists candidates for governor and congress, naming Herschel V. Johnson of Baldwin and several congressional nominees including Jas L. Seward of Thomas, M S Crawford of Muscogee, James M. Smith of Upson, Ti Warner of Meriwether, Th Lumpkin of Floyd, Thowell Cobb of Clarke, Linton Stephens of Hancock, and A H Stephens of Taliaferro in a county or state race context.
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Jas. L. Seward
Thomas
M.S. Crawford
Muscogee
James M. Smith
Upson
TI Warner
Meriwether
TH. Lumpkin
Floyd
Thowell Cobb
Clarke
Linton Stephens
Hancock
A. H. Stephens
Taliaferro
Appointment and obituary notes from the Northern Circuit
Jat Col Thomas W Thomas of Elbert has been appointed Judge of the Northern Circuit, replacing Garnett Andrews who resigned. We regret to hear the death of Hon W B W Dent member of Congress from the 4th District, who died at Newnan on Friday.
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Thomas W. Thomas
Elbert
Northern Circuit
Garnett Andrews
W. B. W. Dent
Congress
Newnan
Governor Johnson and the Algerine Documents
Rome Ga Sept 3 1855 letter from J W Dom clears Gov Johnson in Algerine document affair. He states he did not refuse payment for printing extras and that the Floyd county Democratic committee paid the account. Dom notes Know Nothing papers abused his name and defends Johnson against charges from the Discipline and Intelligencer.
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Summers
Atlanta
Johnson
Mr. Dodd
Dokl
Gov. Johnson
Jenkins
Underwood
Starr
Mr. Jenkins
Tom
Resignation of Judge Andrews Sparks Theories of Delay
The Federal Union reports Judge Avdrews has sent his resignation as Northern Circuit judge to the Governor last week. Critics question delay until near the Taliaferro Superior Court session and suggest political motives. The judge denies improper conduct and calls for an explanation from local neighbors amid circulating suspicions.
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Andrews
Avdrews
The
Federal Union
Taliaferro Superior Court
Gov. Johnson
Capitol
Cam
Land Sale Ad Promises Healthful Mountain Living
Read by the public an advertisement calling on buyers to visit M. A. Leainigs for land in a healthy mountain area with fresh spring water. The seller, Mr. Lenck, is determined to sell cheaply and without error, inviting early calls to purchase good land and raise stock for market.
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Readi
M. A
Orgin
New York Know Nothings Split Over Slavery Platform
Resolutionfrom the New York Know Nothing State Convention denounces the Philadelphia platform and opposes repeal of the Missouri Compromise and the Nebraska Kansas territorial bills. It accusing Northern Know Nothings of opposing Southern rights and questions J W Barker as a national leader. The resolutions condemn the national administration for seeking to extend slavery and assert involuntary servitude as local not national.
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New York
Philadelphia
Free State
South
Know Nothings
Massachusetts
J. W. Barker
National Know Nothings
National Party
Union
Nebraska-Kansas
Kansas
National American Party
Judge Irwins Nomination Declared by Know Nothing Caucus
The document from E M Pennington of Dallas certifies that David Irwin was unanimously nominated by a Know Nothing caucus in March to run for Judge of the Blue Ridge Circuit, a claim denied by some as a party man. Pennington notes the secrecy and public denial surrounding the nomination and urges voters to remember the Know Nothing tie to Irwin.
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E. M. Pennington
Dallas
Irwin
K N
Pennington
Know Nothing
Know Nothings
Col. Brown
Judge Irwin
Philadelphia
March
Doct
David Irwin
EB. M. Pexnineton
Cherokee Georgia Voters Read Cosmopolite Communication
A fragment urges Cherokee voters to circulate a signed communication by Cosmopolite. It references Judge Andrews and his views on the State Road and notes the message was never meant for up-country readers but should be passed along by supporters.
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Georgia
Andrews
Henry Vernon or the Dream reviewed in praise by critics
A Georgia Book by Vernon is praised as a well crafted novel that challenges prejudices against sensational fiction. The review hails its linked incidents, natural characters, and harmoniously developed plot, stating readers will feel satisfaction and profit and urging anticipation for the author’s next work.
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Vernon
Henry Vernon
America
Poplar
Mery Vernon
Democrat denounces Know Nothing Lodge in Georgia letter
In September 1855 Gordon County, Georgia, Matthew McCocks writes to the Standard protesting Know Nothing rituals and pledges, endorsing Herschel dehnseon and John H. Lumpkin as principled Democrats. He claims dissociation from the lodge, notes rumors of lost keys at Fairmount Lodge 163, and promises legal discharge from the order if dissatisfied, urging true Democrats to rally under Democracy.
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William
England
George III
John Wesley
Times
Mess
Fairmount
Sit
Herschel ¥. Dehnseon
John H. Lumpkin
Matthew McCocks
Know Nothing ramblings and a prairie voyage tease Lincoln visit
A letter ridicules Georgia Know Nothing leader Judge Andrews who spoke in Lincoln, denouncing his rhetoric on slavery, Catholicism, emigration, and the state road. The writer urges continued support for the cause and notes a Kansas Territory man building a wind propelled wagon planning a June expedition to the Rockies with thirty companions.
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Andrews
Lincoln
Georgia
Cuba
Washington
Cooper
Upper Georgia
Ésmoroliite
Thompson
Kanens Territoifr
Rocky Mountains
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Dee
Ireland
Church of Ireland
Tor
William T. Wofford, Thomas A. Burke
Editors
Cassyville
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Herschel V. Johnson
Baldwin
Hawkins & Price
Alfred M. Linn
Z. G. Turner
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Rome
Nxt
Standard
Gordon County
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