The Peoples' Ticket Columns Preview Ahead of Election
The Peoples' Ticket opens this week's columns and will stay until the election. Talbott Collins and Nos singer are Democrats while Gookins Mills are Whigs.
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Newspaper
Delphi Dollar Journal
Location
Delphi, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1854
Page
2
The Peoples' Ticket opens this week's columns and will stay until the election. Talbott Collins and Nos singer are Democrats while Gookins Mills are Whigs.
County voters urged to attend a Mass Convention at the Court House on Saturday August 5 to nominate an anti Nebraska ticket for the October election. Townships should be represented. Ellsworth and Chapman expected to speak. call to turnout and begin victory.
Deercreek township has appointed delegates for the senatorial convention and others are urged to follow suit. The convention is set to convene Saturday, the 29th, in Rossville, with all townships encouraged to appoint delegates promptly.
Report says eight to ten thousand delegates attended the Peoples Convention in Indianapolis on the 13th. Officials from Governor to Constable condemned the actions, with the proceedings to be continued in another column. The ticket is expected to win by a 10 000 vote majority.
The Ladies of the N. S. Presbyterian Church announce a supper and show at Harris's Hall on the evening of the 5th inst. The event is described as tasteful and well ordered and is expected to draw a large crowd.
A large Chambersburg gathering of diverse parties approves D Mace in Congress and thanks him for opposing the Nebraska bill. The group favors naming Mace as the district anti Nebraska standard bearer and opposes a new Congressional convention.
The platform will host reports on the Temperance League and the temperance Glee Club on the first Tuesday in October. The notice indicates the event location is at the platform, with October timing and a public reporting plan.
There is a tendency to delay the Congressional Convention until Congress adjourns on August 4. The Union Club proposes Thursday August 10 in Lafayette as a tentative date, and it is suggested the event be held around that time.
Deer Creek Township citizens meet at the Court House on July 15 1854 to form an anti Nebraska club elect Thomas Crawford president and L M Granam secretary adopt a constitution appoint a delegate committee for the Rossville senatorial convention and set August 10 as the next meeting date. they denounce repeal of the Missouri Compromise and defend Jeffersonian equality. A large statewide convention in Indianapolis voices opposition to Kansas Nebraska repeal and calls for restoration of the Missouri Compromise and prohibition.
A Jeffersonian note argues Congress has exclusive authority over U S territories and must block any move toward slavery. It lists Democrats like Tho Gillam Jr Taylor Baird J B Milroy and Nathaniel Black as protest signers. The Times editor is accused of bias for labeling anti Nebraska meetings as Whig manipulation.
The text notes recognition of worthy sons of illustrious sires in the ministry and reports the Convention adjourned with thirteen cheers, signaling hearty goodwill and camaraderie among attendees.
The Cincinnati Enquirer notes advices from Barbadoes to the 15th ult. describe fearful cholera spread with deaths running at about 400 per day. Overall toll reaches 5,000, while shipping largely escaped, according to Peru Sent.
A reflection on fear as a sentinel that awakens courage, noting that cowardice lies in yielding to fear rather than feeling it.
The Masonic Grand Lodge of this state, in its late session at Indianapolis, passed strong resolutions endorsing temperance. The action reflects a firm commitment to sobriety and moral reform within lodge circles and the broader community.
Thos. Ritchie long served as editor of the Washington Union and Richmond Enquirer and died in Washington on the 3d instant. He shaped political journalism with decades of editorial leadership.
A Chicago lot once bought for 75 in 1834 sold on the 1st for 51000. The purchaser secured the property at a value dramatically higher than its initial price, marking a notable gain in a historic sale.
A Cincinnati July Fourth procession extended about five miles, drawing large crowds and marking a patriotic celebration with full street participation.
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