03 Jun 1851
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Newspaper
Elyria Courier
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1851
Page
1
The London Temperance Song urges thought and feeling to rise against intoxication. It calls for a nationwide awakening, a lifting of spirits, and firm action to curb drink, ending with a rallying, almost prophetic plea to see the people endure and reform.
The 1851 opening of the Lewiston Queenston Suspension Bridge is described with details on its towers, cables, and deck. Chief engineer Captain O E W Serrell, an English-born expert, oversaw construction. The article notes towers on both sides, 650-foot deck span, 249-foot river depth, and nearly 70 miles of wire in ten cables, capable of 250 tons load.
A chaotic excerpt discusses west cliff excavation for anchorage on siliceous limestone and the Niagara strata dip toward Lakerin. It then shifts to All Fools Day jokes at Verandah in Nashville and assorted telegrams about Barnum’s entourage, followed by crime notes on alleged medical malpractice and a Rhode Island legislative adjournment.
The speaker recalls Western New York's liberty loving men and defends the Constitution. He argues for preserving the Union by lawful means, rejects concessions to the South, and rejects disunion. He asserts fugitive slave clauses and federal authority as central to maintaining the Union and Constitution.
A speaker argues all public officers swear to support the Constitution and condemns the annexation of foreign territory, especially Texas, as unconstitutional. He recalls past opposition to Texas annexation, emphasizes slavery as a moral evil, and asserts states alone control slavery in their borders while warning against admitting new slaveholding states.
A fragment from a congressional speech discusses Texas admission, the Wilmot Proviso, and sectional tensions over slavery. The speaker defends Congress for admitting Texas, critiques northern opposition, and warns of political and military consequences of the territorial dispute. The speech names figures and flags concerns about union, borders, and future expansion.
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