Controversy on Slavery and Union Weakness in Nineteenth Century Debate
In a defense of Northern honor, the author denounces grounds for slaveholding and the federal government’s complicity. He traces 1801 slavery reinstatement in D C, fugitive slave laws, and Southern coercion to dissolve the Union. The essay critiques Missouri, tariffs, and public opinion, urging Northern resolve and constitutional rights. It also recounts a separate agricultural note on wheat timing and health cautionary moral tales.
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Who’s to Blame for Millerism in New England?
The piece argues Miller and his followers caused widespread church disruption and social disorder, blaming both Miller and, more broadly, certain ministers and Christians who either invited or tolerated his doctrines. It condemns ministers who preached or allowed Millerism from pulpits, warns readers to beware of deceivers, and calls for vigilance against such influence in churches and pulpits.
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Letry 9
The Laziness of Zeke Gibbons in Cowen County Ga
A rural tale from Cowen county Georgia recalls Zeke Gibbons as the laziest man. His wife finally enforces labor by driving him to plow, proving his reluctance with a tale of his coat tail being removed by the team.
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Rotary Knitting Loom Invented by Mr Erastus French
Springfield Gonn sees a new knitting loom that forms stockings and hosiery with perfect shape and no blemish. It knits one sock per hour, five hundred machines per horse power, weighs three pounds, and fits on a center table. Rev John Pierpont hails it as the era’s greatest mechanical invention. It can knit cotton, wool, silk, or any fabric from fine to coarse.
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Greene County
Thomas Rough
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Greene County Agricultural Society
Albany
J. Mantam
Yorkshire
England
Hannam
Itwag
Washington
Philadelpha Evening Mercury
Department of State
Sandwich Islands
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Erastus French
Springfield
Gonn
John Pierpont
Free Traders query on tariff and lead import duties
Galena Advertiser responds to Free Traders asking why consumer prices rise with every taxed article. It notes lead sells for 24 cents per pound despite a 3 cent duty and questions if a local Free Trader can adequately answer. Also references a flamboyant west coast showman advertising auctions with ventriloquism and globes.
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Galena
Loco Foco
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