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Newspaper
Delphi Dollar Journal
Location
Delphi, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1855
Page
2
The slate lists George W. Pigman for Clerk Lewis Jordan for Recorder Robert Fisher for County Commissioner and Isaiah N. Harlan for Prosecuting Attorney as the Republican candidates.
In the special notices it is stated the County Fair has been postponed to Thursday and Friday the 25th and 26th inst. The change affects all fair events and schedules previously listed.
A call to rally tomorrow invites sturdy Republicans to attend. The note emphasizes a busy season and illness opposing efforts, urging brave hearts to act for a good cause.
The writer warns that the nation faces a revolution sparked by repealing the Missouri Compromise and the illegal Missouri-led regime in Kansas. They attack pro slavery rule, fear violent suppression of free speech and press, and accuse Atchison and allies of corrupting elections with paid votes and Missouri influence.
The piece denounces President Pierce for removing Gov. Reeder and appointing a proslavery successor in Kansas. It argues slavery is being imposed there by Missouri invaders and calls for patriot action as the struggle will determine whether Freedom or Slavery controls the nation and federal policy.
Our candidates are freely chosen by citizen voters who uphold constitutional free institutions and the Union. They condemn slavery as a harmful institution and favor free territories. Gronor W. Promax for Clerk is principled and capable. the incumbent for Clerk should not be re elected. Lewis Jonpan for Recorder is long resident, skilled, and personally upright.
A local editorial argues for Robert Fisner of Tippecanoe township as the Democratic candidate for county commissioner. It denounces the opponent as a long-time Adams township officeholder and outsider candidates, urging voters to elect Fisner to support county interests and Kansas freedom.
A call to tighten naturalization laws argues no voting until citizenship is earned and warns against alien influence. It condemns papal power in state affairs, urging Americans to decide eligibility for citizenship and to limit foreign allegiance. The piece stresses testing knowledge and experience of government before granting citizenship.
The speaker warns against threats to enduring institutions and asserts the need to defend liberty with constant vigilance to preserve the success and permanence of the nation's framework.
The editorial argues for the lasting value of the enacted prohibition measure, praising its impact on crime, poverty, and court business. It credits public support to the people over politicians, urging voters to defend the law against opposition and to act for the nation’s welfare.
The piece denounces a so called Nebraska Bill as a sham that omits the traditional Congress oversight of Territorial laws. The author accuses lawmakers of planning outrages in Kansas and concealing fraud to deceive the cause of Freedom.
The text accuses the Times of falsely claiming Fred Douglass, a Black man, was nominated by Republicans for Secretary of State. asserting the Liberty Party was the actual nominator and noting the Republican Convention met on the 26th.
The piece argues that under Free Whiskey the doggery keepers pocket vast profits while the industrious bear the expense and ruin of thousands of families. It asserts that under Prohibition the vast sum stays with the people.
A sharp dismissal of rumors claiming the Liquor Law will be declared constitutional by the Supreme Court if Republicans win and unconstitutional if Democrats win. The piece calls such talk idiotic and unworthy of belief.
The piece mocks political candidates as overly frightened and useless, suggesting their lines and slogans are seen as outdated and ineffective. It uses humorous dialect to paint them as fully scared and overconfident in defeat.
A fragment reflects on a man who planned to buy cider until liquor laws were repealed. It suggests he would have profited if he included alcoholic drinks, and notes his fate as he faced life without cider, comparing him to a fish on dry land.
A set of dispatches describes the Sevastopol action on the ninth as the enemy sinks steamers and mines. Gorchakoff seeks an armistice to move wounded near Fort St Paul while Marmora reports similar terms.
The peninsula, larger than Massachusetts, covers more than nine thousand square miles with a mild climate and fertile soil. It is home to about 200000 inhabitants and attracts substantial interest.
Four thousand dogs were impounded amid enforcement actions in New York City. Stephen A. Douglass plans a tour through Southern Illinois to address his constituents on the politics of the times.
A U S officer in Utah is alleged to be a Mormon with two wives. The Boston Baby Show attracts a large crowd, with about 15 000 visitors daily to the exhibition.
Contemporary Paris fashion mingles dessert themes with ladies bonnets as popular adornments. Fringes of fries grapes black currants and acorns appear among accessory ideas shaping street style and headwear in the capital.
The Richmond Dispatch notes a local negro man who for twenty years has walked four miles daily to visit his wife and return to his employment. The report includes Yellow Fever deaths at Vicksburg and Canton Mississippi with cases and fatalities, and mentions the Atlanta Bank failure and Santa Anna reportedly leaving Mexico with over two million dollars in specie.
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