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Newspaper
Delphi Dollar Journal
Location
Delphi, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1854
Page
2
The Times editor backs free soil policy and denounces the Nebraska bill as a swindle affecting people's rights. He cannot align with the slave and whiskey platform and hints at action after the May 24 deadline.
The Pictorial Times has fizzled for a third time with analysts predicting a fourth collapse in October. The outage hints at ongoing financial strain and shifting reader interest.
Exurs of Lafayette Courier reports over 400 subscribers since the withdrawal of 20 Nebraskaites, noting a good exchange. J C Applegate delivered an eloquent speech at a Pittsburgh meeting urging another withdrawal of 20 to ruin the paper.
In Wayne's Burnt District three hopefuls vie for Congress. D. P. Holloway runs as a Whig and anti Nebraska stance. Joseph S. Buckles is a Democrat supporting Nebraska. Joseph Holman appears as Free Soil Democrat.
John G. Davis is nominated for Congress in the Rockville District. He voted for Bill Nebraska and will receive leave to stay at home. Democrats say it is best not to sacrifice a good man this year.
The excerpt notes a date of Thursday August the 24th for holding a committee to nominate an Anti Nebraska candidate for Congress. It states the city is regarded as the proper place and says the Whigs in that district will approve.
It is intimated that the President will veto both the Home stead bill and the River and Harbor Bill if they pass through both houses of Congress.
Lawrenceburg July 27 W J Holman nominated by the DLs ee ic Convention.
Delegates from Carroll and Clinton counties met at Rossville on July 29 1854 to nominate a senatorial candidate. E W Husparp presided with J M Craix as secretary. Committee reports led to officers and a resolutions committee. Resolutions denounced the Kansas Nebraska bill and upheld Union compromises while condemning sectional haste and the spread of slavery.
The gathering declares slavery an evil tolerated by founders while asserting Southern sovereignty over domestic institutions. It endorses the July Indianapolis convention platform and nominates James F. Suit, Esq., with remarks by Dr. Wilson and others. A Central Committee is named and publication of proceedings requested. Nearby war news from the East reports Ottoman and allied maneuvers and shifting European alignments.
The following officers were elected by the Grand Encampment I O O M W G Patriarch Marshall Sex ton Rushville M E G H Priest Gamaliel Taylor Madison R W G S Warden Louis Humphreys South Bend R W G J Warden Wm Rea Jeffersonville R W G Scribe Willis W Wright Indianapolis R W G Treasurer George G Holman Indianapolis W R Inside Sentinel Edward S Tyler Indianapolis W R Outside Sentinel Wm J Wallace oe aa to the es of the United P Grand od es H Barry Indianapolis Patriarch ls G W G Assiriats Rapromeenune Ja s H Stewart i
The Daily Register critiques the Pennsylvania celebration in Philadelphia where Senator Douglas spoke amid party tensions over the Nebraska bill. It attacks Douglas and calls the crowd lukewarm, likening his stance to a shipwrecked protest against liberty and criticizing the era’s political manipulation.
The St. Louis Republican reports a June 26 meeting of Kansas Territory settlers near White Head five miles from St. Joseph. They re adopt Salt Creek resolutions asserting slavery exists and urging slaveholders to bring their property early, with no protection for abolitionists. A 15 member Vigilance Committee was named and no delegates were chosen for a territorial convention. The piece mocks popular sovereignty and condemns anti slavery settlers while defending exclusionary rule and threatens removal of Northerners and blacks from the territory.
We correct the record stating W. G. Ewing, Esq. did not die in New York but on the Upper Lakes. His body arrived in Detroit then reached this city under escort of Dr. Charles E. Sturgis on Tuesday. after funeral services on Wednesday, the remains were laid in the family vault.
The Africa arrives with Liverpool dates to the 15th. Wheat and corn prices fall while flour holds steady. Russia stays in Wallachia and Austria pauses on occupying the Principalities. Turks under Omar Pacha capture Guirgevo island and city. Gortschakoff commands 30,000 troops toward Guiryevo as the Black Sea fleet heads toward Sebastopol.
The Independent Press endorses Dr Collins as the People's Candidate for Secretary of State. Readers know him as a perfect gentleman and eminently capable, with broad local support. The Dr is described as anti Nebraska and anti Whisky, a Democrat aligned with those views.
On Tuesday last a quarrel among Irish workers on the Vincennes Rail Road line near Terre Haute led to a pistol being fired into a crowd. Three men were wounded, one seriously. The shooter, brother of a victim, was arrested the next day and placed in jail.
Nashville reports that Dr. Jayne exploded his house with a keg of powder last night. The blast burned four buildings and caused substantial losses. Authorities judge him likely insane at the time of the act.
In Iowa's first congressional district the Free Democrats withdrew their candidate and adopted Whig R. L. B. Clarke as their nominee.
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