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Newspaper
Elyria Courier
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1848
Page
2
Reports from Congress describe mob violence in the District of Columbia and a court case involving kidnapping of enslaved people. Debates in the Senate and House touch on protection of rights, enforcement of laws, and the extent of civil liberties amid rising tensions over slavery and abolitionist actions.
The text reports intense congressional debate following an escape attempt by about eighty enslaved people in the District of Columbia. It notes Giddings seeking consent to present preamble and resolutions condemning the incident and describing the escape as a fight for liberty opposed by Christian nations.
Eyewitness describes chaos and heartbreak as enslaved people are separated on a car. A man proclaims freedom papers, a guard strikes, a woman cries out for her husband aboard the train. Reverend Slicer of the Senate preaches to Congress amid the incident.
The passage argues that taxation on banks should decline less as property taxes fall, while banks continue to pay taxes during their disorders. It notes the unequal burden between banks and other property grows, recounts the Board of Control petitioning the Legislature to tax banks as other property, and describes the failed attempts to amend the General Banking Law due to bank charters shielding immunities and the idea that excess payments could be a bonus for bank circulation privileges.
The recent Chartist gathering on the tenth was forbidden by the government yet ended without incident. Queen Victoria left the palace for the Isle of Wight amid fears. Hungary declared independence with disturbances in St Petersburg. An agricultural figure correction appears on the fourth page. In Eaton township graves were opened and two bodies removed, one months old and another four to five weeks.
The new Presbyterian Church will be dedicated on Lith inst with pews to be sold the day following. Visitors may view the church on the 17th from 8 to 10 A M and the 15th for the entire day. Court of Infantry proceedings have been received and noted. A letter to Mr Dreamer was not forwarded, but a similar one by Major Byens appears as the real Tearidns letter. The defense exertions to clear Gen Millow and attack Gen Scott continue as the trial progresses slowly.
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