05 Oct 1854
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Newspaper
Delphi Dollar Journal
Location
Delphi, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1854
Page
1
Excerpt argues slavery as a national cancer harming industry and equality. It cites census data comparing free and slave states, condemns political power skew and urges voting for anti Nebraska candidates. A side note describes Marlborough Ohio spiritualism and a Maine Nebraska election recap.
A critique argues that in the Senate the North is only two fifths represented, in the House two thirds, and even less in the Supreme Court. The piece promises to detail how the North has been represented across government departments.
A genteel woman in a Broadway shoe store was accused after several pairs vanished. The shopkeeper searched the lady and found shoes hung from her hooks, including some not his. He promised not to prosecute as the woman wept, and the incident was kept private.
Dr. Davis boasts of beating Dan Mace by fifteen hundred votes but crowds fail to attend his speeches. In Wabash Pettit and he attract seven listeners two or three counties show no audience. In every appointment Dan Mace draws larger crowds, making Davis hopeful yet unlikely to win.
A reader suggests a fodder mix to ease corn scarcity. Cut timothy hay finely, boil, and blend with one part oat meal or bran to two parts hay. Feed to hogs to keep them healthy and fatten them, and it is also suitable for milch cows. The method reportedly worked in 1844.
An Indian pilgrim from an aboriginal lineage visits a site near our window drawn by earnest crowds. He mourns for his fathers as civilization pushes westward, leaving graves desecrated by empire’s march and sparking curiosity about vanished homelands.
The Nashville Banner stresses that the South did not demand repeal of the Missouri compromise. It attributes the proposal to Washington politicians seeking party and personal power, calling the measure mischievous and unnecessary.
The piece recalls Stephen A. Douglas two years after his bid for power in Illinois. Once called a little giant, he overreached in a coup de fente and faced collapse when the public justice he tested turned against him. Returning home, he faced a scornful populace who denied him defense and drove him from public view. Buffalo Ez.
The passage discusses a string of political upheavals from Maine to Iowa, detailing Whig success and anti administration shifts. It highlights Whig Senators and state governments replacing Democratic alignments in many states while arguing that Douglas and Pierce effected major changes for the country.
In a Republican Argus letter from Peru, Page Chapman declares Indiana a battleground over Nebraskaism and slavery nationalization. He vows to sacrifice comfort and reputation for victory, urging sympathy and support for the distressed and promising to work for a hopeful, joyous cause.
The Pa Reg notes a tally listing 215 Americans and 1 837 foreigners among custom house officers across states, highlighting a large foreign presence in colonial administration.
A German woman passed through Dayton Ohio on the Ist with six sons born at once. The infants, six months old, were small yet sprightly and the case is considered nearly unprecedented if not entirely so.
In Lafayette District a Davis campaigner for Old Line says he would oppose Utah statehood if a Constitution allows polygamy or plural wives. The piece questions popular sovereignty and notes objections to future polygamous systems, contrasting with harems and plantation slave society, reflecting partisan rhetoric.
The Hartford Times notes the failure of the Protection Insurance Company and advises policyholders to obtain cover from solid institutions. With many citizens affected, residents are expected to act prudently and govern themselves accordingly.
Hon John W Davis resigns as Governor of Oregon citing domestic affliction. He arrived in New York on the 7th inst on the way home.
The passage lauds American figures as the greatest of various fields over the last century. It names General George Washington, Jonathan Edwards, Benjamin Franklin, Hiram Powers, Wa H Prescott, John James Audubon, Washington Irving, Noah Webster, and inventors Godfrey, Fitch, Fulton, and Whitney as the era’s best, all Americans.
A Charleston Standard leader attacks concessions to slavery as fueling expansion and calls for reviving the African slave trade. It argues the Missouri Compromise repeal emboldens the South to demand unconditional trade revival, claiming piracy would be sanctioned as divine approval to bind South Carolina and sympathizers.
The Chicago Press quotes Mr Doug Lass criticizing the Administration as a dead failure and beyond reform to regain Democratic Party confidence. Senator Bright denounces Pierce's Administration and warns he cannot secure townships for renomination yet backs efforts to support Nebraska swindlers as a congressional endorsement. Madison County records the clash and public punishment of swindlers.
Tho s C Slaughter is named by anti Nebraskans in the New Albany District with Mr English as rival. The piece predicts a fierce contest and a likely English defeat in the fall race.
New Orleans reports with gunfire and casualties as Irish and American factions clash. Wounded and several killed after muskets and pistols fight in the streets. Military guards armory. crowd threats to renew violence tonight.
The Brownstown Democrat comments on the Kansas Nebraska bill and the people’s rights. It argues Congress alone has power to admit or reject territories when they apply for admission and will determine if Kansas and Nebraska join the Union with or without slaves.
A Wheeling resident rendered permanently crippled after taking a cold bath while sweating. Paralysis seized the left side from shoulder to foot, with numbness spreading, and medical aid cannot fully restore function.
Dr Fitch cited in a Wabash town speech that he wrote the Plymouth letter to deceive the Free Soil party and defeat a great scamp who was his opponent.
A proverb noting that brains alone confer rule or freedom, riches alone corrupt, and combined brains with wealth create true leadership. It contrasts intellect and material power, warning that wealth without wisdom yields folly while intellect without wealth limits influence.
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