08 Jul 1857
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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1857
Page
1
The son W Ta Marey died at Ballston Springs at noon on the 3d after suffering a long stitch in his side. He walked to Ti Moore's with a smile, found no doctor, and returned to the hotel where an order for a Carter shed was sent from the office. Dr Mysoon arrived and found him hurt in his room.
A Democratic Convention gathered at Lecompton on the 2d to nominate a candidate for governor. Judge Elmore presided as Mix Crow and Ransom of Michigan were named by two thirds vote, with strong backing to support Walker policies. A constitutional convention proposal failed by forty to one. Riots erupted in New York and Detroit as authorities struggled to restore order amid stones and fire. A census shows Hanover with 1,814,777 inhabitants and a note about banks and dwellings in the region.
Delivered in Springfield, the Hall of the House, the author outlines party differences over Congress power in territories and slavery. He traces the shift since 1854, contrasts Republicans and Democrats, asserts Congress must regulate territories and exclude slavery, cites Marshall era precedents and Supreme Court decisions, and laments the 1830s policy change.
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The piece argues that the Missouri Compromise has been repealed and abandoned as a pretense for territorial self-government over slavery. It contends that the principle of allowing Territories to regulate slavery via their own legislatures is no longer defended.
A layered advertisement details Lacour’s essential oils and concentrated acids claimed to improve liquor production. It touts gin brandy whiskey and vinegar distillation products offered by Lacour in New Orleans, with prices, packing, and a guarantee of faith in the process, urging purchases and country delivery.
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