Political Crisis Over Slave Expansion Spurs Northern Resolve
A hoarse cry from Ohio and Northern states decries Texas annexation and the extension of slavery. The letter argues the union with slaveholding territories must end, urging free states to resist the executive’s plan to widen slave power. It links this to Mexico’s war and calls for a united stance against expansion.
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Dexas
Giddings
Davery
Friends of Freedom
Free States
Int
Mexico
United States
Rio Bravo
Ohio
Texas
Congress
Tresret
Free State
Rio Grande
North
Faosure
Edom
Ubion
Mexican Revolution Alters Command at Saltillo and Monterey
Reports from Tampico and Tropico describe troop movements and claimed battles as Gen. Taylor retreats toward Monterey. Santa Anna is named commander in chief and plans a four-division attack to trap Taylor, while revolutionary forces depose Farias and restore federation principles amid uncertain Mexico relations.
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Rio Grande
Saltillo
Taylor
Agua Nueva
Faylor
Lincomdro
Oz Sin
Tin
Monterey
Col. Morgan
Seral
Camargo
Victoria
Flas
Ol Zark
Pittsburgh Gazette
Azus
Louisiana
Brazos
Col Curtin
Camarro
Brazea
Onveans
Arres
Ahconada
Matamoros
Senate
Houser
Thavy
Henric
ARMY
Afexico
Southern Mail
Washington
New Orleans
Tampico
Bravos
Tayor
Lobes
Farias
Salas
Tolisse
la Vega
Vurs
Cent
Mexico
Paylor
Tle
Foreign News Highlights From Europe and Americas
The Baltimore American via the Hibernia reports Europe has little political news amid famine in France. Large grain orders depart the U S to French ports while France plans to seize Majorca Minorca and Ivica. Britain expands steamship lines and famine relief efforts rise. O Connell’s health declines as Irish emigration surges. French finances worry markets with deficits and a potential crisis.
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Baltimore
Europe
United States
Majorca
Minorca
Ivica
England
France
Constantinople
Chamberlan
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O’connell
Enid
Ireland
Miley
Dublin
London
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U.S
J S. Guinness
Wexford
New York
Quebec
Newell
Granmore
Bull
Great Western
Canada
Niagera
Fair, Esq
Lot Baring Brothers
Manger
Liverpool
Atis
Great Britain
Russia
Concession Ton Company
Imessrs Beront & Handel
Havre
Turkey
Normandy
Paris
Martin du Nord
Bank of Marseilles
Washington
Bank of England
Austria
Bank P
Frazee
Rules for Governing Children
Fragmentary advice on parenting from an old issue urges gentle threats and careful language. It critiques scolding and promises of rewards, suggesting parents should avoid bribery and harsh discipline while emphasizing self-control and consistency in guiding children.
Careful Parenting Rules From The Past On Child Training
An old moralist exhortation urges strict child discipline and self denial. It warns against sensational fears of witches and monsters, condemns waste, praises regular meals, and recommends firm training and corporal correction to curb temper and disobedience.
Tory label and political memory in a Cleveland article
Remarks on Tory versus Whig identities tied to antiwar stance and executive power. The piece argues Whigs defend liberty while Tories back royal authority, citing English history and American political parallels as context for current party labels and rhetoric.
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
Old Mother
England
Charles Jat
Rea
France
Johnson
Jobo
Anus
Charles Lat
George the 8d
Joseph
Whigs and Tories in the struggle for liberty and power
An analysis of Whig and Tory positions across colonies and states, contrasting resistance to executive overreach with submission to government. The piece rails at Tory obedience and praises Whig insistence on liberty, unity, and opposing tyranny, urging readers to recognize current party parallels.
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France
To- Trisha
Trendon
Negro Havery
West India
Colonia
New England
Stopl
New York
Virginia
Carolina
Georgia
Saya
Takea
Learning the Trade Stage Recruits Strain on Mission Route
A Cleveland South recruits group traveling toward the Montezumas distracts a returning traveler with discontent at the detailers. They complain their lodging and provisions were usurped, raising questions of ownership and loyalty among the men and their hosts.
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Cleveland South
Descriptions of Army Despotism From a Boston Letter
A Boston Chronotype letter from a Tampico volunteer charts harsh conditions in the U S Army. He cites despotism, harsh punishments, gagging of recruits, and cruel discipline. The author contrasts army tyranny with deserters from Britain and notes officers largely hail from slave-holding states, shaping a coercive system.
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War Department
Boston
Tampico
U. S
Ameneus
Sprouta
Arstocracy
West
Appointments reflect slave state origins in Civil War era
The North supplies officers and the South provides offices, with most captains and lieutenants rising from slave states. The piece notes 41 captains from slave states, 15 from free states, and low numbers of lieutenants from each side, arguing officers receive parity with common soldiers. A Springfield Ohio riot follows the acquittal of O Davidson for Hassey Peck’s murder, with juries reluctant to sentence.
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Mande
Congréss
Java
Free
Slavis
Slave States
Antontitluil
Springfield
Ohio
O. Davidson
Hassey L. Peck
Madison Territory Growth and Prospects in Dane County
Fiviver in the Courier describes Dane County in the Wisconsin Territory as rising fast. It notes 42,000 residents, thriving farms, abundant timber, and a growing capital at Madison with plans for mills, roads, and a dam. Climate favors farming and a hopeful future amid prior speculative busts.
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Tiaving
Lorain
Colemne
Dane Ia
Vidze
Bnelshone
Noth
Mississippi
Blue Mounds
Ty Tracy
Wisconsin River
Wisconsin
Nadison
Lake Michigan
Missesippi
Madison
S “Mills
Serandid
Ohio
Wisconsin Land and Grain Prices Across Ports
The excerpt discusses Wisconsin well suited for settlement, comparing soil and climate to the western world. It notes grain prices at Milwaukee and other lake ports match those at Akron and Milan, with transportation costs creating only a small difference, while clay banks on the Reserve are likened to Wisconsin’s fertile lands.
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Wisconsin
Milwaukee
Lake Porta
Akron
Milan
Ebria
Cleveand
Suminarp and varied 19th century items from New York
The snippet lists proclamations for a Friday fast in Connecticut, ship counts and tonnage at Buffalo, a fatal kite-related accident in Forsyth Street, Hudson River rail plans and a prison sculpture by convicts, pension grants and licensing debates in the legislature, famine warnings from Elihu Burritt, a copper bloom from Lake Superior, rail stock in New York, praise for Gov Burr, and Democratic party tactics in Harrisburg.
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Osweco Barthoap
Hudson River
New York
Lake Erie
Lake Ontario
Erie Railroad
Kestucny Eplubultra
Georger Town
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Ohio
Henry Clay
Harrisburg Union
Lorain County Bible Society Annual Meeting Report
The Lorain County Bible Society held its annual meeting at the Presbyterian Meeting House in Elyria on February 26 1864. President Hon. E DeWre chaired. reports from the Secretary Treasurer and Depositary were read and adopted. The society notes steady progress in supplying Bibles at low prices from a depository offering many sizes and bindings including family records and foreign language Bibles. It also mentions loaning or employing a student of Divinity in its activities.
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Lorain County
Fressard
Scollars
Tuoe
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Louiton
Elihu Burritt
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Baltimore Company
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Lorain County Bible-Society
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