Soliloquy of a Whig Delegate Night Before Nomination
A Plaindealer piece pieces together a lurid theatrical monologue about Whig nerves and a looming split over the nomination. It riffs on Saltpetre gas, General Taylor and Fillmore, with dramatic asides, then shifts to Charlotte Corday and Adam Lux in Paris, framing political violence as theater. The prose blends mock politics, tragedy, and vivid imagery in a period voice.
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Will Whiggery
Aha
Belgium
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Cass
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North
Charlotte Corday
Charlotte
Adam Lux
Paris
Mayence
Germany
France
Gens D’armes
Doulcet de Pontécoulant
Doulet de Pontécoulant
Pontécoulant
M. Haner
National Guard
Théatre Francais
M. Hauer
Caen
Monsieur
Maryland
Tle
Whig Party
Kipp
Brown
William Patterson
Gen. Taylor
D—I
John Donkey
John H. Sartor
Columbia Carolinian
Wail of Poverty and Hope Amid Starvation Plight
A sorrowful meditation on famine and poverty, describing the crush of the poor under wealthier inequality. It laments the lack of compassion, the deaf heavens, and the dream of a world where human love would light the gloom, ending with a plea for death as relief.
Queen of the Revolution Defends Her Act for Peace
A woman on trial confesses to premeditated murder of Marat with a knife shown for recognition. She cites personal hatred and political aims to restore peace, naming defense by Chauveau Lagarde and interactions with Fauchet and local figures in Caen. She insists she acted to save her country and denounces her interlocutors’ principles.
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Charlotte
Marat
Caen
Larue
Saint Jean
Fauchet
Whig Convention in Worcester Debates Taylor and Webster
Worcester Whig gathering of five to eight thousand debated Massachusetts stance on General Taylor versus Webster and Cass. Leaders praised delegates Allen and Wilson for North party shift, while a Webster resolution drew loud opposition. Joshua R. Giddings urged pursuing principles over party and warned of slave power influencing the race.
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Philadelphia
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Senate of
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Daniel Webster
Webster
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Congress
Ohio
Clay
Polk
Giddings
van Buren
Texas
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Whig Party
Mr. van Buren
A Short Biography of a Patriot Lewis Cass
A compact biographical sketch of Lewis Cass born October 9 1782 in Exeter New Hampshire. It traces his early move to Marietta Ohio his legislative work including Burr conspiracy law and address to Jefferson. It covers his military service in the War of 1812 his roles as governor of Michigan secretary of war minister to France and U S senator with notes on his 1844 presidential candidacy and 1848 nomination prospects.
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