10 Apr 1857
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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1857
Page
1
A reader presses the Bulletin editor for a direct take on the Dred Scott decision. The inquiry asks whether the paper endorses the ruling in all points and bearings and demands an open, frank answer. The tone is confrontational and seeks a clear stance from the editor.
Michigan elected the Republican ticket by about ten thousand in a two thirds turnout. St Louis reports a 1728 Republican majority while Milwaukee again votes Democratic. A steam boiler exploded at the Indianapolis Sentinel office killing one and injuring five. Sam Houston discussed as Texas governor candidate. Gray named Postmaster at Cleveland Plaindealer amid libel suit remarks.
Dred Scott era heated debate marked by Toledo results. Mayor-elect Hrewnitee and anti slavery ticket won by wide margins as German voters aided Republican sweep. Ohio Senate resolutions condemn Dred Scott ruling urging action to bar slavery. Milwaukee paper links Buchanan and Know-Nothing views to border ruffianism. Rail fare cuts to New York from Chicago noted.
The piece argues about farming profitability with claims of 50 to 75 bushels of corn per acre without hoeing, counters a Harlem writer, and invites more farmer input. It also critiques credit as a social evil, contrasting pay as you go with debt and chronicling speculative purchasing across crops and goods.
The Buffalo Party Advertiser cites Judge Vaney on Dred Scott, stating naturalized foreigners and their descendants lack U S citizenship and rights. If followed, naturalized foreigners and native-born posterity would be disenfranchised, a stance labeled harder than Know-Nothingism and linked to the Democratic party. The Louisville Journead adds a note about an aging Irish man, once a mathematics professor, sent to the workhouse after bail default.
James Harriet Asq. of Pekin was elected on the ninth inst to serve as Judge of the 21st Judicial District. The district comprises Woodford Tazewell Mason Cass and Menard Counties.
No family should be without medicines proven to be effective and harmless. The ad urges immediate action for a child with croup and advises obtaining Hall's Balsam from Kimmert & Burrell or Moore & Dakip as authorized agents to ensure genuineness.
A private Chicago letter to a New York house notes Chicago holds 37 000 barrels of flour 730 bushels wheat 150 000 bushels corn and 144 000 bushels oats Milwaukee reports 56 000 barrels flour and 548 000 bushels wheat Kenosha and Racine hold several hundred thousand bushels of wheat. The author says half Wisconsin wheat remains unsold and Illinois output is larger than stated. Wheat was priced 42 1 2 to 44 1 2 dollars on board in April May for corn 50 60 cents for July. The crop prospects for wheat are described as promising. Also advertised are a long list of imported goods and glassware.
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