Milford and Delaware political notes and local incidents
A 19th century clippings roundup reports the Milford People's Party disavowing ties to abolitionist papers, with commentary on Milford Hundred's stance. It notes a Middletown boys and young men academy session ending Sept 23, a missing gold chain amulet engraved Yds, a Smyrna fire destroying a livery stable and granary with heavy losses, a Lew Castle county Democratic convention nominations, and brief items on statewide elections, a new gold discovery on the South Platte, and Petersburg girls archery.
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Academy For
Middletown
Delaware
Methodist Episcopal Church
Smyrna
Wm. C. Grieves
Way. C. Elinson
G.sless
Dawn
Gern
St. John's
Sept
The
Republican
South Platte River
Kent County Democratic Convention Notice 1858
The Democracy of the Kent County hundreds are called to meet at voting places on September 13 at 2 PM to nominate delegates for the county convention in Dover on September 23 at 11 AM. They will nominate candidates for Legislature Levy Court Sheriff Coroner Inspector and Assessor. Signed by the Kent County Democratic Central Committee. The committee also calls a Dover meeting on the ninth inst for important business.
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Kent
Ea Cocstr
Dover
Sherif
PhD
Broster
Nover
Kent Co
Moses K. Ford
Martin Ford
County of
Delaware State Reporter
Delaware
Kent County
D. C
G. W.5
Nicholson
Joun TL Bewley
Wiilson T. Cannon
William GB Stubbs
WM. Townsend
James UH
Smith
W.N. W. Dorsey
Democratic Central Committee
Democratic Central
Tosh
Democrats of Dover Hundred Nomination Meeting Planned
A Dover Hundred Democracy meeting at Hazlettville on the eleventh inst will nominate candidates for Assessor and Inspector and select delegates to the County Convention. Several speakers are expected to address the gathering.
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Democracy of
Dover Trindad
Hazlettville
L&th Inst
Two Faces of the People’s Party on Abolition and Maine Law
The piece argues the People’s Party shades into two sides on national issues like abolitionism and Maine Lawes, mirroring 1854 splits. It notes internal divisions, with some opposing abolitionism and others embracing it, predicting shifts if the party gains power. It also mentions court notices, local elections in Wilmington, and an upcoming church sermon.
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People's Party
Congress
South
Democratic Party
People’s Party
Maine
Know-Nothing
People's
Friends of Prohibition
Maine-lawisen
Reciprocity treaty claimed to push grain prices higher in New York
The article argues the 1854 reciprocity pact with British America failed to lower grain prices. It cites a New York port report showing 57 805 bushels of grain imported from British provinces in the year ending June 30 1854, and contends that domestic production far exceeds imports. It asserts climate and soil limit British America’s grain output and asserts the treaty benefits US consumers by allowing duty free bread imports, while most treaty items favor domestic production.
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GB Dickson
New York
America
Boston
United States
British America
Confederacy
Britannia
Fareira & CO
New No
Market Street
Eighth
Philadelphia
Laporters
Paneer Foster
Alay
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Joan Fareira & CO
Eizbth
Arorld
Treaty advantages from British Possessions debated
The passage discusses benefits for Canada and Atlantic colonies, noting faster people and wartime conditions that led to a treaty. It argues opponents overstate claims that the treaty lowers something, and that disputes between fishermen and horses have been resolved by the agreement.
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Canada
New Brunswick
Nova Scotia
England
We Must Cultivate Our Agricultural Power for Independence
The argument against restricting imports, citing Britain's interests, shows the fallacy of fixed policies between nations. Our strength lies in agricultural exports, for foreign demand sets prices and sustains us. By remaining an independent farming nation, we gain influence and stability, relying on world demand rather than mere force.
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Great Britain
England
Baskel
Delaware Democrats reaffirm tariff principles at state convention
The Delaware State Convention adopted a resolution maintaining the party’s tariff stance for revenue with incidental protection to industry. Critics argue the move seeks to depoliticize the issue, while supporters claim it mirrors long standing Democratic policy and unity. The discussion includes commentary from the Commonwealth paper and references to the Buchanan era. A brief note promotes Oxygenated Bitters as a non alcoholic tonic.
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Democratic Party
Democratic Party of
Delaware
Wil
Tyes
Buchanan
The
Commonwealth
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