Adams on Slavery and Union Endurance
The National Intelligencer prints a second Adams letter arguing immediate abolition in the District is impracticable and imprudent. He warns against anti slavery schemes and Colonization, asserts abolition requires consent of slaveholders, and warns of civil strife if forced, yet expresses hope for gradual emancipation within constitutional bounds and federal harmony. JOAN QUINCY ADAMS.
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Newark Daily Advertiser
Adams
National Intelligencer
Florida
Arkansas
Colonization Society
Moloch
Free States
Congress
Post-Office
Lovejoy
Pennsylvania
District of Columbia
United States
Earth
Joan Quincy Adams
Abuse of Executive Power in Albany Gazette
From the Albany Gazette an analysis denounces executive interference in the selection of a congressional candidate. It argues Mr. Van Buren’s Treasury promise to an Administration candidate pressures party nomination and questions the legitimacy of Prof. editors and officials affected by such tactics. The piece cites Mr. Selden’s Virginia State post and the need for a Van Buren loyalist in Richmond to oppose Mr. Boys, noting Selden would resign before campaigning.
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Albany Gazette
Albany Argus
van Buren
Congress
Selden
Virginia
Richmond
Boys
Van
Political scandal over patronage in Virginia election
A Virginia congressional contest pits John M Botts against William Selden amid alleged executive coercion. The piece accuses the Administration of backing Selden for a Treasury post, notes Botts’ decisive win, and criticizes the alleged interference as antirepublican. It also cites a rail distance claim and hints at further action.
Debate over state aid to New York and Erie Rail Road
Dunkirk Beacon asserts the Buffalo Commercial Advertiser misframes the project as state built and argues for state assistance to speed the Erie canes corridor. It claims the route from Dunkirk to New York via Albany would be shorter than the New York and Erie Rail Road and offers to demonstrate the claim.
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N. York
Buffalo
Dunkirk
New York
New York and Erie
Buffalo Commercial Advertiser & Journal
United States
U. States
Lake Erie
Albany
Albany Journal
Swallow
Illinois
Chicago
North River
Detroit
Freemam and Messenger notices and Virginia election rumblings
Advertisements request winter wheat on subscription and a printing apprentice. Virginia election news reports Logan county choosing Whig A Lawton over Loco Face by one vote, plus editorial rebuttals of Loco Foco claims. Steamboat speed feats and rapid western expansion noted, with damage from a Maumee City tornado and a severe hail storm in Ann Arundel County. General Banking Law clarification on security for bank notes and the Supreme Court decision on securities.
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Virginia
Logan County
Col. A. Lawton -Whig
House of Delegates
James Shannon
Loco Face
Loco Foco
Old
Catt
Isaac Hill
New Hampshire
Ann Arundel County
Supreme Court
Comptroller
North American Banking and Trust Company
Virginia Election News Highlights Whig Victory and Contested Seat
The Buffalo Adv. and Journal reports a Whig triumph in Virginia despite efforts by the Locofoco faction with federal support. It lists key names, notes a contested 15th district seat likely to be won by Whig Barten over Lucas, and gives Senate and House party splits. Also covered are farm crop rumors, a prison reform anecdote, Johnson’s fast rowing boats, and the General Post Office cornerstone ceremony in Washington.
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Buffalo Adv. and Journal
Virginia
Loco Foco
Joseph Johnson
L. Steenrod
Mr. Barten
Lucas
Loco Foca
Whig
L. Foca
Senate
House
Rives
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Maine
U. S
Washington
John M. Botts
William Selden
Botts
Jefferson
Andrew Jackson
Messenger
Tne
E. Wough
Shankland
Erie Canal
Weed
Atlantic
Maumee City
Ohio
Tara Walao
St. Louis Republican
Brit Jonxson
St. Lawrence
Quebec Mercury
French Creek
General Post
Washington City
General Post Office
Seventh
Newsparc
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