Star of the West Bombardment Ignites Charleston Crisis
Dispatches report the steamer Star of the West arriving at Charleston harbor with troops and provisions for Major Anderson. It was fired upon by Revolutionists who seized Fort Moultrie, prompting Anderson to launch bombshells into Charleston and plunging the nation toward civil war.
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Muinget
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Buchanan
Compromise debate drives political fault lines across the Union
The piece attacks Crittenden and Douglas for offering a union saving plan by drawing a line at 86 degrees north and endorsing a federal compromise on slavery in territories. It argues the plan favors the South, risks war, and urges Congress to fund government operations and adjourn rather than pass new compromises.
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Crittenden
Douglas
Congress
National Congress
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Kentucky
Miirors
Kansas
Ritetenden
Carpings
Marion Democrat
Theanhele Dtepanone
Supreme Court Pressure on Buchanan Spurs Public Alarm
Washington correspondent reports Chief Justice Taney pressed President Buchanan to reverse his course for the Union’s sake. Taney warned of consequences if the ship of state steers off course. Wigfall of Texas cries betrayal while conspirators gather at Brown's Hotel amid mounting consternation over Holt's appointment and South loyalties.
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Wigfall
Texas
Holt
Fragmented political rants and cabinet rumors in Civil War era paper
The column parades poems about Douglas’s death and exposes a mix of cabinet speculation for Lincoln’s administration. It notes Seward Bates and others as possible picks, cites Mississippi opposition, mentions a Delaware inquiry, and jokes about Lincoln’s wealth and a potential War Secretary choice.
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Missouri
Simon Caxrnos
Pennsylvania
Navy
Romer EB. Scott
Editorial Exchanges Spark Southern Union Tensions
The Marion Democrat reprints a heated quarrel over Northern fanatics and Southern rights, accusing the Political Editor of shifting stances. Letters from readers like THE AUTOR and N A McCONSELL challenge editorial positions on union preservation, slavery, and church baptism, demanding public debate and clear moral credentials.
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Niggara
Prinsipia
Carolin
Lincoln
Republican Party
Lis
Hell
Heaven
Reatster
Denocrat
President's Message Expected Monday and War Orders
The message from the President is anticipated for Monday. The Committee of Thirty three passed Wilsons resolution and backed Fugitive Slave Law enforcement. The War Department reversed an order to move ordnance from Pittsburg.
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