Bible Laurels and the Birth of American Liberty
In a keynote discourse the speaker extols the Bible as the source of art, courage, and national virtue. He links James I's 1611 Bible to early American settlement, arguing free institutions rely on morality rooted in scripture, and that religion must sustain the state under free institutions. He cites Deuteronomy and Psalm 104, praising biblical influence on culture and governance.
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Moneighias
Goethe
Ames
Omher
Alexander the Great
Grotus
Gustavus Adolphus
Germany
Europe
Heaven
James the First
Socmory
Jas
Cavaliera
Jamestown
Virginia
Leyden
Plymouth Rock
Voice
Experience
Desperate Trek to the Gold Region 1849
A California-bound letter from July 30, 1849, recounts a brutal inland crossing to the mining camps. The party endured a 32 mile arid stretch with little water, losing two more travelers before reaching a river where three men died. Reached a prosperous diggings area later, the note notes brutal heat, scarce water, and the harsh toll on travelers.
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Cokurs
California
Tribune
Wood Mines
San Francisco
Stockton
Hunt
Massachusetts
Tron
New Hampshire
Tie
Jey
Stellin
van Bersehoter
New York
Schubiarie County
van Benschoter
UDD Fellows and Slaveholder Convention News
Report on UDD Fellows shows 1 712 lodges and $880 389 in lodge revenue, with 138 401 contributing members and 272 17450 spent on relief. Mississippi slaveholders push Wilmot Proviso resistance and emancipation limits. Algiers cholerai carried off 550 in the garrison. Paris lacks news.
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UDD
New York
Grand Lodge
Washington
Garrion
Paris
Atrocities of Slavery in Baltimore and Michigan
The article recounts a Baltimore case where Isaac Dorris, freed after paying for his time, was seized as a slave by his buyer Arthur, with a petition for investigation. It also describes a Michigan kidnapping attempt via slaveholders, habeas corpus, and trials, plus a Virginia whites’ reaction against black artisans.
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Sourneny Faxavicisa
Mississippi
Wilmot
District of Columbia
Free States
Mississipp
United States
Baltimore
N. Y. Tribune
Laban Perdue
Baltimore County
Isaac Dorris
Isaac
Gay St
Campbell
Arthur
Perdue
Humanity
Michigan
Jane Norris
Powell
Cass Co
Norris
Powells
Delaware
Fasl
Sussex Co
Salem
N. J
Vandergrift
Capt. B
Damin
War prospects abroad and Hungarian turmoil update
Telegraph summaries report tense European moves as Russia signs for warlike action in the Dardanelles while France and England marshal fleets. Turbulence in Hungary continues with executions, emigrations, and new provisional councils as Garibaldi eyes return via Gibraltar. California notes cover foreign postage rules and Governor Shannon's view on agriculture, citing Sutter’s wheat fields and poor corn yield.
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Elibernia
Washington
England
Constantinople
St. Petersburgh
Russia
France
Dardanells
Black Sea
Turkey
Messrs
E. Eckford
J. T. Rhodes
New York
Mediterranean
Widdin
Candia
Alexander Seavier
Bein
Dembrinski
Austria
Hungary
Hayhan
Bethiany
Comora
Berlin
America
Klapka
Atlantic
Versailles
Rome
Garabaldi
Santa Madalina
Gibraltar
London
Notwalk Branch Bank tax sparks party dispute in state policy
Locofoco presses in this district raged over Bank Taxation, urging that Bank Stock be listed on the duplicate like other property. The policy aimed to keep local tax burdens in check while keeping state revenue balanced, a stance contested by Whigs who valued contract inviolability. The debate centers on whether old Locofoco charters should yield to new taxation once all charters align, with the Norwalk Branch Bank cited as a concrete example of heavy state taxation versus lighter old-charter payments.
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Bisle
Locofoco Press
Locofoco
Board of Control
State Bank
Locofocos
Socofoco
Jocofocos
Norwalk
Clemons
Empire State
New York
Common Council
Albany Evening Journal
Stevens
Spencer
Squier
Senate
Delaware Co
Allegany
Chenung
Loco
Ego
Yates
Ieca
Steuben
Livingston
Loco Assembly
Wayne
Chautaugue
Vuelloton
Messre
Preston
Cricens
Luroy
Taylor
Congress
Sandusky County
Georgia
Kentucky
Tennessee
Democrat
Sandusky City
Tyler
North
Republic of Liberia
Africa
American Colonization Society
State of
Ohio
David Christy
Charles McMicken
Cincinnati
Christy
Ohio Methodist Conference
Dayton
Old School Presbyterian Synod of
Springfield
New School Presbyterian Synod of
Cincionati
Lyavan Beechex
Stowe
Ohio Baptist Convention
Columbus
Old School Presbyterian Synod of Ohio
Delaware
Gir
Republic OF
Liberia
American Coloniaslion Society
House of Representatives
Europe
United States
Colonization Society
Republic
Theerican Colonization Society
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Whie
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Gioxox T. Srgnant
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Henny Boowy
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Joun Seebe
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Martin
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