Calhoun and 1796 politics in a wary march
The poem frames John C. Calhoun as a companion in a distant voyage toward political change. It contrasts Republicans in principle with Whigs of seventy six, predicting purge of Swartouters and sycophants, while North Bend farmer hones reform and Tecumseh’s terror gains another day amid national prosperity.
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Jo John
John—Swartouters
John C. Calhoun
North Bend
John
Tecumseh
America
Harrison
Indiana
Gen
Tiarrison
Logansport
Cass County Harrison Club
Harrison and
Reform
Op Boy and the Devil a Newspaper Snippet
A reader recalls a childhood question about the devil in the form of a monologue. The father answers that the devil was an old boy from the beginning, implying timeless sin. The exchange ends with a child asking if the devil knew to avoid fire and whether his father approved of the query.
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Devil
Satan
Sonny
Indiana
The Slave Trade Victim Vessel Arrives at St Simon’s Bay
The Portuguese slaver Scorpion with 710 enslaved captives on board reached St Simon’s Bay Cape of Good Hope on December 22 under Lieut Conway of the Modeste. He reports the Modeste captured another vessel of the same type.
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Scorpion
Havana
St. Simon’s Bay
Cape of Good Hope
Lieut. Conway
Modeste
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Cass County
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