Old Buchanan Faces Withering Chorus in 1850s Verse
A nationalist era poem rails at Buchanan urging voters to keep him from the White House. It blasts his platform as pro slavery and criticizes expansionism and filibuster support. Fremont is hailed as coming, while warnings against Buchanan’s alliances with slave interests echo through stanzas.
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Old Buchanan
White House
Sus
Nebraska
Actu
Congress
Senate
Cincinnati
Keystone Club
Buchanan
Napl
Maine
Kansas
Milne
Missouri
Washington
The Emigrants Dying Child
A fragmentary newspaper poem recounts a dying child and a father at night in a harsh voyage toward a promised land. The scene shifts to a crippled man and a passerby offering aid, with a tale of shared hardship and moral parables. The Lancaster Express notes a political shift away from Buchanan.
Perseverance and spring dreams in two young essays
Two sisters in a school publish essays praising spring and education. The pieces urge gratitude for nature, advocate a strong work ethic, and define perseverance as steady effort to overcome obstacles. They contrast hopeful health with hardship and stress the value of disciplined study and self improvement.
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Bprtor
Teaction
Personal Explanations From Senator Hamlin in 1856 Senate
In a lengthy 1856 Senate session Hamlin offers a personal explanation, resigning from leadership and condemning the Missouri Compromise and Cincinnati Democratic platform. He denounces territorial sovereignty limits on Congress and calls for unity to preserve the Union amid Kansas slavery conflicts.
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Kansas
Cincinnati
Congress
Drake
Senate
Kentucky
Caitrax Pesse
Jansus
Nebraska
Act to take effect from September 16, 1855
An act states it shall take effect and be in force from the 16th day of September, A D 1855. Signed by J H Stringfellow Speaker of the House and J M Lyle Clerk. Thomas Johnson President of the Council and J A Halderman Clerk Attest.
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A. D
J. H. Stringfellow
House
J. M. Lyle
Thomas Johnson
J. A. Halderman
Doctor Wesley Grindle Promises Cure For Consumption
A local editor advocates Dr. Wesley Grindle's claimed remedy for pulmonary consumption, citing New York Atlas commentary and numerous living witnesses. The piece praises the doctor, urges readers to obtain the medicine, lists prices and postage, and predicts eventual professional adoption.
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Wesley Grindle
New York Atlas
Grindle
Dr. G
United States
Dr. W. Grindle & Bro
New York
Philadelphia
N. Y. Com
Register
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Ward
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