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Newspaper
Linn County Register
Location
Marion, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1859
Page
1
The Marion Iowa register reports scattered items including a note on a slave ship bound for Southern states, a pistol duel in North Carolina, Blondin crossing Niagara in a wheelbarrow, and dispatches from Fort Laramie about Greeley. War news from Solferino, Prussia, and Austria dominates international notices.
The piece recounts a dispute about a pasted extract falsely naming North and South Carolina foreigners and voting rights from 1854. It accuses the Herald of forgery, defends its own sourcing from Centre Democrat, and condemns theft of manuscripts.
The piece argues the Progressive Democracy promotes national acceptance of slavery, cites the Lecompton Constitution, and notes possible future platforms including tariff protection and a national bank. It also reports two men Henry Welch and John Phelps arrested in Mt. Morris for horse theft with counterfeit money found.
The Southern Ultras comprise most of the slaveholding Democrats in the South and favor Congress protecting slavery in territories, while Republicans claim Congress can prohibit slavery. Mississippi declares support for slaveholding rights, and debate centers on loyalty, secession, and party alignment amid national tensions. The piece also critiques Mr Cass and German naturalization issues, then notes a sharp fall in wheat prices since the European conflict.
The piece contrasts biblical servitude with modern slavery, arguing Hebrew servitude was limited and not property ownership. It cites Exodus and Leviticus to show six year terms, year of Jubilee freedom, and rights for servants, while noting Hebrew bondmen were protected and not treated as chattel. It also notes fugitive laws and cautions readers against using Mosaic law to justify American slavery.
A 1869 Vermont letter argues sheep can be profitably raised where grassland commands high value and describes improved flocks, land quality near Windsor, and cattle and horse stock. It contrasts old Vermont with western prairie land and recalls Springford residents and times past. The piece shifts to a New York letter praising abolitionist open discussion of the African slave trade and its moral and political stakes, urging action against the trade and slavery, with references to Jefferson and public sentiment in the cotton states. It closes with a note on gold mining reports from South Bend and Denver, detailing large gold specimens, mining claims, and cautions about optimism versus risk.
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