From Milan to Messina War News and Reform Debates
Reports flood in from Milan to Messina detailing Austrian setbacks in Lombardy, Italian uprisings, and papal constitutional plans. Paris and Berlin influence stir protests, reform moves in Hesse and Baden. Italian cities evacuate Jesuits and witness clashes at Venice theater and Messina bombardment. Royal troops, civic guards, and crowds shape a volatile European scene with calls for liberty and constitutional government.
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Milan
Vienna
Marseilles
Stan
Rome
Walher Ventura
Chamber of Deputies
Chamber of Peers
Paris
Geneva
Turin
Laly
Alexandria
Piedmont
Italy
Sardinia
Magenta
Nouvelliste
Naples
Messina
Porto Franco
Genoa
Tran W
Presence of Mind and Harrowing Prisoner Escape
A beer-loving servant maid in England, while family slept, used a dark cellar trek to reach the beer barrel and confronted a rogue hiding there. With quick wit she pretended the mop was left behind, drew the beer, and left undetected after alerting the house. The intruder admitted plans to release a thief gang but was diverted by her calm ruse. The report shifts to General Scott’s letters after Vera Cruz and political barbs about his parole decisions. It cites Santa Anna as obstructing peace, mentions James K. Polk, and notes Horace Mann leading in Massachusetts.
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England
Thad
Gen. Scott
Vera Cruz
Philadelphia
Albany Journal
Editorial on Whig stance and Seabury Ford support in Huron Reflector
The Huron Reflector announces a switch in editorial leadership with G. T. Stewart presenting a Whig aligned stance while pledging courteous, principled coverage. It urges subscribers to increase circulation, defends Mr Clay against personal attacks, and critiques the Wooster Bank and Locofoco influence.
France Proclaims a Republic With Provisional Government
The Provisional Government of France declares a republic amid vast public acclaim. Decrees abolish royalty and nobility, guarantee free conscience worship speech and property, and release political prisoners. An assembly will be elected by direct suffrage of all Frenchmen twenty one or older to craft a constitution.
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France
Algiers
Louis Plus- Nippe
Europe
Paris Nationel
Paris
Availability and the Whig Quest for a Presidential Candidate
The Whig press debates availability of presidential candidates, noting both extremes of claim and urging unity. The Harrisburg and state conventions favor postponing preference, arguing it imprudent to express a choice, while warning overpersonal canons could doom the party in the 1844 canvass.
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Clay
Drr. Clay
Union
Awakening in Europe Sparks Hope for New Republics
The article notes a wave of liberal movements across Europe. France’s throne toppled, a republic rising from ruins, with reform spreading from Italy to Austria Prussia Germany Sweden and even Russia and Turkey. Constitutions multiply from one in the Revolution era to fifty seven today, signaling a hopeful era of political progress.
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Europe
Atlantic
France
Hule
Italy
Austia
Prussia
Germany
Sweden
Russia
Turkey
War politics and army expansion debate in Congress
The Thirty Regiments and Ten Regiment Bill are under House consideration while Gen Rusk signals to call up the Volunteer Bill. The administration’s war policy appears split over Mexico with peace treaties signed and armistice formed, yet plans to double the army with ten thousand regulars and twenty thousand volunteers. Critics fear appointments and partisan aims, while Gen Cass calls the move a moral effect on Mexico.
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House
Rusk
Senate
Mexico
Ac Washington
Moxico
Congress
Taylor
Buena Vista
Geo Leon
Vera Cruz
Cass
The Moral of a Standing Army in France and America
The piece argues that massive standing armies enable royal or executive overreach. It cites France where army size and French treasury burdens fueled revolt and toppled the government. It warns that expanding executive power and military patronage at home will backfire on the current administration.
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Mexico
France
Tatot
Lamartine A Heroic Leader In Paris Revolution Tale
Lamartine emerges as the chief voice guiding Paris after the Revolution. He calmed mobs at the Chamber five times, issued a ban on death penalties for political offenses, and declared the tricolor the Republic’s banner while rejecting the red flag. The crowd’s fury turned to praise as he spoke with bold patriotism.
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Lamartine
Renoxio de Lasgenixe
Europe
Paris
N. Y. Courier & Enquirer
Hotel de Valle
Hells
Ouis Blane
Garnier
de Lamartine
Pwn
Champs du Mars
Political turmoil and Whig rallys echo in New England
A dated observer reports a postponed meeting by the Locoloco Central Committee and predicts convulsions if rival conventions meet same day. The piece mocks revolutionary threats, cites Col. Weller, and highlights Corwin and Thompson touring Connecticut. Telegraph reports from Stamford and Middletown note strong Whig enthusiasm for Clay and Corwin.
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Locoloco Central Committee
Stern Democracy
National Assembly of
France
Stave
Dorr
Weber
Oluo
Col. Weller
Corwin
Connecticut
Tuomas Corwis
R. W. Tuomasos
Indiana
New Jovea
Messrs
Thompson
Economic Prospects and Political Shifts in Eastern Journals
Eastern journals debate commercial impact of European events on the United States. Treasury notes rise in New York while European securities fall. foreign capital flows in, money loosens, and business flourishes if neutrality and peace prevail. European revolutions risk upheaval if US policy leans toward war. News covers English Premier resignation, reforms, and Cleveland Railroad subscription results. Also notes on Chambers Miscellany issues and Edgworth's Orlandino library entry.
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Tome
New York
Treasury
Europe
Mexico
Wealth and avarice clash as New England pondered
An 1860s style digest notes John Jacob Astor's death in New York on the 29th with a $40,000,000 fortune, then pivots to a critique of avarice. It highlights William Dwight's Massachusetts defense of New England virtue, contrasts Northern wealth with Southern slavery, and ends with a call to name things properly.
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Chambers
Miss Edgeworth
Messia- Gould, Kendall & Lincoln
Boston
Mase
John Jacob Astor
New York
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Austria
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Metternich
Prince Metternich
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Leipsic
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The
Louis Phillippe
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Frankfort
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Fulda
Cassel, &c
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Granduke
Acclama
Ingsburg
Conog
Munich
Évidring
Wallerstein
Hotel de Ville
Venice
Madame Cerito
Messinese
Ferdinand
Porto- Franco
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Hiirom Elamburgh
Glasgow
Leith
Hunter
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Stephens
Iidd
Manchester
Ireland
Evening Post
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Young
Confederation Hall
Irish Nationaligard
Santa Anna
Mle
James K. Tpoik
Horace Mann
St. Massachusetts
Briggs
Huron
Norwalk
Seabury Ford
Cratiga County
G. T. Stewart
the Wooster Bank
Ohio Statesman
Locofoco
Shire & Locofoco
Wayne
Samuel Medery
J. S. Lake
Locofocos
Caledonia
John Rustel
Treland
Cleveland
Cleveland and Fittsburgh Railroad
Chaubers
Tweeddale
Neidpath
Alexander Andmyne
Fritz
Bird Catcher
Canary
Whig
Éalic
Townsiie Crews
F. Dininger
Trustees
Theodore Baker
Samuel T. Worcester
James Chollar
Just Peace
Samuel Pennewell
Moses K. Brailey
Joseph B. Mitten
Constautes
Samuel
N. ¥. Courier & Enguirrer
Wales de Ville
Bastile
Arago
Madeleine
Athe Izic
Hopen
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