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Newspaper
Delphi Dollar Journal
Location
Delphi, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1854
Page
2
Gen. F. Cary will visit Delphi Friday September first, not August twenty eighth as previously published. His reputation as a strong clear Union speaker is expected to draw a large crowd, the largest in Delphi in years.
A Saturday gathering featured Dr. J. Davis Hon. G. N. Fitch Hon. John Pettit and Z. Baird. Speakers argued against the Know-Nothings and the Maine Law while praising popular sovereignty in the Nebraska bill though no new rights beyond extending slavery were claimed. Pettit urged cheers for Nebraska as the meeting adjourned.
Citizens demand clarity on whether Applegate left the state to establish Ohio residency. They ask if he lived in Cincinnati and if he was a resident during the two years before the elections, hinting at potential questions from Yankees.
The note claims Dr Eddy is the slave candidate in the 9th district and that Galfax will send him several hundred at the polls.
A Lafayette resident Zebulon Baird spoke in town last Saturday seeking to convert Henry Clay Whigs. He argued Kansas would be free due to more settlers in free states and Europe, but a Texas comparison undermines the logic. He claimed Benton Houston Hunt and Calhoun oppose the bill yet remain pro slavery, and noted Major Mace in his remarks. The notice ends by noting some Henry Clay Whigs remain in Carroll county and pledges to spread news of future tours.
The Crawfordsville Journal reports the Old Line Democrat convention on the 5th produced a ticket with THOMAS WILSON Whig for Representative SAM L GILLILAND Locofoco for County Commissioner BEN MILNER Democrat for Sheriff BENJAMIN HALL Whig for Assessor and JOHN LEE Locofoco for County Treasurer. The ticket meets harsh criticism from old liners as a mixed or Faotupzis style fusion.
In a letter to the Journal the author recounts his voting record from 1836 onward, noting votes for Whig candidates Harrison Clay Taylor and Scott and asking Appplegate to confirm pre 1840 voting and the 1840 ballot. The piece questions consistency between professed politics and actual votes.
The report notes Mr Arriscate failing to win in various townships aims to address a large crowd tomorrow while Le Bannan Esq is indicated as the Democratic nominee for prosecutor in the district.
To Dr Berry, the anti Nebraska candidate for the Legislature in Montgomery County, is dead. His illness was of short duration.
A Carolina county newspaper notes John Quincy Adams Perin as Senate candidate against J. F. Suit Esqa. It recalls his shifting political affiliations from Whig to Abolitionist to Free-soiler to Locofoco and hints at mixed temperance positions. The piece also mentions Camden hosting the next Carroll County Agricultural Fair with a large fundraising effort.
The note questions CP Arriecates claim of drinking wine in 1840 and becoming sober, asking if he remained intoxicated until a political coat‑turn in 1848 or 1849. It warns that another such spell could force Democrats to sell out without knowing buyers.
The text notes Davin M. Donn as a nominee for the Cass County representative seat. It characterizes him as anti Nebraska and questions statewide election prospects, doubting many Nebraska men will be elected.
A fragmented item notes Coronet assuming a new station following October election. The piece uses inexact phrases about sleep and waking to imply political or labor changes and a shift in power within the Democrat township context.
An anti Nebraskan Democrat postmaster, D J R Laird Esq, is removed from the Camden post office amid debates claiming Nebraska as a test of democracy. The incident centers on political removals in the county and views on democratic principles.
The governor wed Harriet B. Burbridge of Scott County Kentucky on Monday the 14th. He shows strong interest in Southern issues, aligning with figures like Jesse D. Bright and Stephen A. Douglas on the topic of slavery.
Lor Samuel Brenton runs as the anti Nebraska candidate for Congress in the 10th district and is projected to win by a large majority.
A fiery critique denounces a federal Reciprocity bill aiding Canada while loading duties on Northern products. It targets southern-dominated Congress and Cobb’s Graduation act favoring lands priced for slaveholding states. The piece urges Northern freemen to vote in October.
Gen F Cary publishes a revised schedule for speeches across Indiana venues. Appointments include Crawfordsville Augusta Lafayette New Castle Delphi Logansport Peru Wabash Huntington Fort Wayne with dates from Thursday to Thursday and invitations for newspapers to publish and promote the events.
Iowa triumph in the canvass boosts Grimes for Governor and signals an anti Nebraskan majority in the state. The Tribune and Chicago Democracy predict a clear win and an anti Nebraskan Legislature while Democratic factions berate southern Whigs and defend squatter sovereignty.
A fragment from a Dubuque dispatch notes Nebraskan attempts to sway opinion against temperance aligned Congressional candidates. It highlights Iowa's struggle for freedom, the call for northern state support, and references to Colfax and the Register-Guard editors amid anti Nebraska sentiment.
Henry Helm reports a Western trip through Missouri and Kansas noting the land’s beauty and high farming value. He says slavery is more widespread in Kansas than Missouri and observed slaves of various complexions there.
Charley Cathcart of Laporte says May 24 proceedings at Indianapolis lost the Bright and Pettit ticket in Laporte by several hundred votes. He notes at most nine tenths of the people believe what is probably true, according to Logan Journal correspondence.
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