Fremont and Liberty Under Fire in Hancock County Debate
The Bangor Journal endorses Arno Wiswell and attacks opponent Stephen Foster, portraying Wiswell as a defender of Union and freedom amid fierce pro slavery rhetoric. The piece accuses the Journal of manipulation, cites local political feuds, and calls for voters in Hancock County to back Wiswell for Congress, framing Foster as unfit and pledging loyalty to Republican principles.
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M. D. Coxway
Unitarian Society
Washington City
Virginia
Kannas
Senate
North
Friends of Liberty
Lawrence
Proderic H. Allen
Eaq
Grdiner
Fremont
Dayton
Gardiner
Allen
Jefferson
Madison
Republican Party
Wiswell
Iere
Washington
Monroe
J. Q. Adams
Jackson
van Buren
Congress
Gentleman's Nen Party
Chaney
Arno Wiswell
Abolition Party
Abolition
Rowland
Missouri
Democratic Party
Ruth
Bangor Journal
Ammo Wiswell
Hancock County
Stephen C Poster
Maine
Sumner
Free North
Thomas Judas Doughface Fuller
Liberty
Ant
Hancock
Union
Ellsworth
Penobscot
Bapst
Buchanan
John D. Richards
Custom House Clique
Journal
Spelter
Orland Republicans hold county convention at Town Hall
Orland held a large meeting to elect delegates to the County Convention. San P. Bronx led and pledged support to Fremont. Speakers included John Buck and A. N. Emerson. A committee from each district was formed for organization and a Reading Room opened. A flagstaff for the Fremont and Dayton colors rose as Hancock County pursues strong Republicanism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fremont
John Buck
A.N. Emerson
F. E. Shaw
N. Emerson
Dayton
Orland
Hancock
Banner County
Cold climate politics and a Kansas crisis clash
A Maine resident is labeled a detached figure for supporting the party pushing slavery into Kansas. Reports condemn his icy neutrality as unfeeling, while references to Lang and the poet illustrate moral coldness amid the nation’s turmoil over Kansas. The piece rails against political indifference in a heated public moment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fremont
Buchanan
Lippincott
Newark Mercury
Maine
Rangas
Edward Everett
Kanes
Nevo Side
Rome
Kansas
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Calvin Edson
Havana
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Bangor
Michigan
Ann Arbor
Cause of Freedom
Harrison
Bingham
Court House
Gov. B
Jackson School
Legisla
McCracken
Fillmore
Frénoxi
Reliauts
Cincinnati
Rocky Mountains
McMullen
New York
Reail Rigetoe
Upham
Ohio
Wurlingame
West
Canada
Min Nourse
Nourse
Bangor Joana
Judge Campbell
Judge of Appeals
Ostego
Judge C
Freedom
Indiana
Col. Fremont
Wiscasset
Wales Hubbard
Moral Hilton
Daniel Baker
Isaac Pool
Joseph Merry
Andrew Lacy
B.R. Harriden
James M. Knight
Neal
New York Evening Post
Wildcats
Norristown Herald and Free Press
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J. W. Cary
John Cummings
Racine County
Wis
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Machias Union
Columbia
Sta Iist
Carlier
Calhoun
Court of Heaven
Kancash
The
Searsport
Aroostook
Tl County
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Bluehill
Theo. C. Woodman Esq
Bucksport
Geo. H. Witherbe
Castine
Shaw
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Nathaniel A. Joy
Grindle Jr
Dominic Delaire
Trenton
Wm. Maskell
Gouldsboro
Samuel Wasson
Franklin
W. P. Spofford
Dedham
Herrick Allen
Wm. Wood
W. Young
F. A. Allen
Samuel Luski Dedham
Joel Hawes Gee
W. Blaisdell
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K. K. Hill
Lier. Greenfield
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George H. Witherlee
S. K. Devereux
Joel Perkins
John
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E. S. Foster
Sullivan
Calvin B. Hodgkins
Wm. Tull
M. Uran
Wetmores Isle
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John Straton
O. W. Young
Jeremiah Wooster
Mt. Desert
Leander Richardson
B. Atherton
Stephen Southard
Aurora
D. B. Silsby
Lewis Silby
Plantation No
Charles B. Milli
Ken
Oliver Sargent
Elias Dodge
Jos. A. Dorr
J. 8. Hancock
Eden
D. P. Marcues
Jesse H. Mayo
John Hamer
J. B. Hadley
Waltham
Joseph Hasting
William Smith
Mr. Shaw of
T. Hinks
W. H. Sargent Seagewick
Lemuel Peters
Amherst
England
America
Ellsworth American
Peoples Ticket
J. C. Fremont
California
WM. L. Dayton
New Jersey
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Hampden
Yomepeeton
Eretin Tistarer, Aaron P. Emerson
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Sidney Perham
Woodstock
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