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Newspaper
Delphi Dollar Journal
Location
Delphi, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1854
Page
2
In Delphi Indiana an anti Nebraska meeting held in the court house last Saturday drew a large crowd. Democrats spoke against the Nebraska and Kansas bill while denouncing abolitionist slander and vowing unity to defend freedom. Dr McFarland and Ellis of Lafayette gave strong, persuasive speeches amid one interruption blamed on whiskey.
A mass convention of anti Nebraska men will be held at the Court House on a August weekend to nominate candidates for October elections. Hon H L Ellsworth and J P Chapman will attend and speak. The piece denounces old line Whigs for allying with what it calls crazy foes of the Union and railing against Douglas Robison and other political figures.
A call urges citizens of the congressional district to meet at Lafayette on Thursday July 9 to nominate an anti Nebraska candidate for Congress and pursue campaign measures. The note questions the press for reaction and closes with a defiant reply.
The Times man, a candidate for Representative, denounces anti Nebraska Democrats while noting a Saturday Court House gathering with fifty or sixty anti Nebraska supporters. He questions truth and predicts political fallout at the October election when ballots reveal the verdict.
An anti Nebraska group announces a Saturday evening meeting at the Court House to organize a Union Club. General attendance is urged.
The Peru Daily Sentinel notes two Ca nal street liquor shops shut by the sheriff amid court actions as public nuisances. Delphi residents complain of doggeries and drunken crowds in courtyards harming youth, urging authorities to act. The piece credits Gra ham for prudent advice and mocks the notion that good men are scarce.
A fragment notes that Congress will adjourn on August 4. The brief mentions dates without context about the session or actions taken.
An exchange among readers labels some as old line or dying Democrats based on a Times editorial. A tender-footed reader says he is satisfied after reading the Times, reflecting local political tensions and perceptions.
The note mocks the Times editor for undercounting attendees at Saturday's gathering. The crowded Court House drew a lively group including a vociferous "old line Democrat" and a mix of political factions.
The Cambridge Whig Convention nominated Honorable D P Holloway for Congress on Wednesday, signaling active campaign momentum and party support in the district.
Citizens at the Delphi court house on July 8 1854 discussed opposition to the Nebraska bill. L D Hovey presided with James Downey and Osporn as vice presidents and J C Thrawls as secretary. Committees nominated delegates for the State Convention in Indianapolis July 18 and the Congressional Convention. Dr McFarland urged opposition to expansion of slavery and endorsements praised Jeffersonian rights. Resolutions condemned the Nebraska act as a betrayal of freedom and pledged to oppose its supporters in elections.
L D Hovey presided as president and chaired a meeting to nominate delegates for the Senatorial Convention to be held in Rossville on the last Saturday in July. On motion, proceedings were ordered published in the Delphi Journal Delphi Weekly Times and Lafayette Courier. The meeting then adjourned.
Members of the Delphi and Frankfort bar met in Delphi Court Room on a Wednesday evening. James F. Suit was chair and J. C. Applicats secretary. They adopted resolutions praising Washington L. Brack Esq. who died May 25 1854 and requested the Common Pleas Court to record the proceedings and adjourn until the next morning. A. L. Burnam presented the resolutions and copies were to be sent to the deceased’s wife and father and to Fort Crescent Delphi Journal and Times and Frankfort Crescent.
The letter discusses Apetaro Guturis and Kansas politics amid slavery clashes, alleging sale of Indian lands and Know Nothing influence. It critiques editors and Congress, noting Know Nothings rise as a silent police shaping official action and urging moral reform.
Abelard Guthrie denounces covert pro slavery plots to bar anti slavery settlers and warns of deportations and treaties. He urges freemen to resist and asks readers to help secure a press for wider exposure as he favors colonizing lands for free soil under the threat of slaveholder expansion. Atchison is noted in the Tribune dispatch.
The speech from Springfield Illinois in 1839 lauds the Missouri Compromise as a patriotic act preserving the Union and likens it to a sacred bond. It questions who could disturb such a revered agreement and points to public opinion reading it as a protected agreement among Americans.
The NH Legislature repeats futile ballots for Senator with Wells of Nebraska needing 5 votes to win. Three or four members must switch positions. Meanwhile Hadley, editor of the Reporter, is chosen State Printer over Butterfield of the Patriot, the Pierce Democratic Organ. S. B. Reg.
On the first instant Mr. Wm Hoover of the Post Office Department Washington burned 167 sacks of Dead Letters totaling 1002 bushels of correspondence never delivered to the intended recipients.
On the sixth instant the New Hampshire Legislature postponed the U S Senate election indefinitely after the eleventh ballot failed. The vote tally was 159 to 144.
A Southern gentleman mocked Rhode Island's status to Senator James Burrill asking his pay for Chief Justice. Burrill replied the salary ranged from seventeen hundred to two thousand dollars, noting the Chief Justice was paid three hundred dollars less than the difference between those figures.
The list shows department prices dated July 13 with Wheat at Red 95 and White 1.00, Corn ear 40 shelled 42, Oats 25 dull, Rye 62, Barley 50, Flaxseed 1, Flour 8, Salt 2.25, Hauston 7 8, Tallow 10, Lard 6 7, Hams smoked 10 plus years 7 sides 7 8, Potatoes 60, White fish by the barrel g calves inspected 5.75 6, Pickerel halves 5.
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