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Newspaper
Linn County Register
Location
Marion, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1860
Page
1
The Baltimore Convention struggles to unify a fractured Democratic Party while Iowa topics discuss candidates and a pending Homestead Bill. Local letters report on railroad prospects, funding, and community opinions, with updates from Anamosa, Marion, and Cedar Rapids.
Judge Bates publishes in the St. Louis Democrat a letter opposing Chicago nominees and endorsing Lincoln. He praises Lincoln as truthful, candid, moral, amiable, and national, saying the Union party is too weak and that Lincoln’s broad, non sectional framework would advance the country.
Mt Vernon resident J S Fuderron argues that translating Matthew 28 1 should vary between Sabbath and week and that Sabbaths or weeks better fit the original. He cites Greek terms and contrasts soul and life in scripture while urging cautious translation in a 1880 letter to The Linn County Register.
The letter writers praise Mrs Lincoln as a moral Presbyterian hopeful despite not being a member. They note a temperance president with a Presbyterian hostess might shift Washington manners. Mrs Bell appears strong and anti slaver, while Mrs Douglas shines in society and could unite suffrages if nominated.
A narrator recalls a tall striking stranger named Abram Lincoln from Minvis Tue Paice in New York visiting a Five Points Sunday School. The man spoke with moving authority, inspiring awe and curiosity among the children as he urged hopeful, moral messages.
A Covody Committee report accuses the administration of press subsidies and election rigging, detailing pledges broken on Kansas policy, misuse of funds, and attempts to distort public opinion. It cites Forney testimony and references the Lecompton and English bills, Utah war, and customs graft.
An excerpt cites The Colored Man's Catechism from The Synod of Mississippi teaching servants to obey masters and endure oppression. It also covers New York Japanese embassy events, a tornado aftermath in Hardin County, and assorted 19th century notices on politics, railroads, and social anecdotes.
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