Virginia Resolution: Union Loyalty and Southern Rights
The Virginia General Assembly endorses resolutions on preserving the Union and resisting Northern encroachment. It warns that Wilmot Proviso and anti slavery measures threaten sectional harmony, calls for a Southern Convention, and urges delegates to Nashville to coordinate defense and strategy. It criticizes New England and argues the North bears responsibility for sectional tensions.
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Virginia
Senate
Oery General Assembly
Uoon Ismot
South
General Assembly of
Colombia
General Assembly
House of Delegates
Nashville
Congress
Commonwealth
Union
Errors Corrected and the Origin of Slavery in America
Noon's Sunday Times cites The Express arguing Southern concessions over three fifths representation in Congress. The piece traces sectional tensions to deep roots, noting the African slave trade began under British policy in 1702 with Queen Anne urging protections for the African Company of England and colonial trade.
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the Express
Georgia
Congress
America
Anne
Edward Hyde
Lord Gosnbury
England
Southern Stand Against Northern Preponderance in Union
The Richmond Times editor argues the South must resist Northern dominance before California and other new states join. He urges a Georgia style independence impulse and warns disunion threatens the Union unless the South secures a final, equitable settlement on slavery and protection of property. The piece defends Southern sovereignty and condemns Northern calls for coercion as treasonous.
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Richmond Times
Washington
South
California
North
Deseret
Mexicos
Georgia
Butler
South Carolina
Webster
Ore
Nebraska
Minesota
New Mexico
Free States
Congress
New Territories
District of Columbia
Union
Confederacy
Great Britain
Britain
Republic
Richmond Republican
Northern lawmakers clash over Root resolutions and Monroe doctrine
The debate shows thirty two Northern members voting to table Root's five resolutions, mainly Democrats, with Northern Whigs from New York opposing. A today introduced Linn Boyd resolution reasserts the Monroe doctrine north of the Isthmus of Darien, likely shaping treaty prospects and European colonial aims in the Americas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Root
Empire State
Maine
Iowa
Linn Boyd
Darien
Yton
Henry
Americans Abroad And Domestic Life In A Century Of Taste
A sprawling composite article mixes poems and essays, reflecting 19th century concerns. It includes a call for American dignity abroad, sensational critiques of British aristocracy, a long extract on Jenny Lind's Barnum deal, and humorous schoolroom dialogue. The piece blends cultural critique, travel notes, and domestic vignettes, highlighting social manners and moral rhetoric of the era.
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Tribune
England
Scotland
Glasgow
John Inn'x
Bedlam
Europe
America
Duke of Wellington
Prince Albert
Order of Jezebel
The
France
Daily News of London
Patie Ears Hs
China
Heraig
India
Ireland
Algiers
Strauss and Death Waltz Tale of Eternal Dance
A Viennese tale recalls Strauss outwitting Death in a waltz duel with an old woman as a partner. Death concedes to prolong life in exchange for recurring performances, leading to a legend that fifty thousand people yearly die dancing.
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Straves
Deara
Strauss
Vienna
Rom
Flis
Lean
Sonry
Death
Paster
Pfaster
Sam Knickerbocker
Two Cold Blooded Atrocities in New York State
From the Charleston Mercury life and lucre expose two acts of calculated harm in New York. The first targets a boiler built for the South and rejected for weakness, shipped anyway to mass murder the workers. The second concerns the Rhode Island steamer loaded for profit, sent to sea with passengers and cargo, found to be sinking three days out, with some survivors rescued.
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Eliza
Tam
Sayer
Tom
Marias
Zoological Gardens
Mrs. B
Soyer
la Provencele
Madame Crinoline’s
York
John Brown
Sylvester
Sarah
Johns
John
Willy Chase
United States
Jones
Charleston Mercury
New York
Faggest
South
Rhode Island
California
Cape Horn
M'Aken
Sine
Evening Post
Am Sha
Adv
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Express
Forth
Wilmot
Free Soil
New England
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Louisiana
Mississippi
Arkansas
Kentucky
Essex
Atlantic
Pacific
Sunday Times
Tratfors
Washmet
From the Home Journal
the Life Book
Mather
Mary A
Mrs
Eliza B
Sover
Mary
Mrs. Eliza B
Mrs. Sa
Kkalanat
Fale Courier
Jenny Lind
European Times
Mr. Barnum
Mobise
Lind
Mabile
Barnum
Madlie Lind
M. Benedict
Signor Belletti
Bernum
Messrs
Benedict
Belletti
Metropolis
Madlle Lind
Maddie Lind
Madile
Stockholm
Lunxck
United States of America
Jenny Lixo
P. T. Barnum
Esquire
Iranistan Villa
Bridgeport
Connecticut
U. States
Jenny Lip
David
Simon
George Siyith
Goliah
Jane
Jess
Ito
Mac
Cuba
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