Wisconsin Democrat Remarks on Doty Removal and Treasonous Governance
William M. Hamilton of Iowa County argues for a committee to draft a memorial to President Tyler demanding James D. Doty’s removal as Governor of the Wisconsin Territory. He details alleged misconduct, corruption in bank dealings, improper land claims, and legal actions to thwart the territorial legislature, urging Congress to intervene and uphold lawful government.
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William 3
Hamilton
Iowa County
United States
Jamis
House of Representatives
Secacca
Ilam
Tyler
James D. Doty
Goveror
Mane
Congress
Allone
Speaker
James 1. Doty
Michigan
Secretary of the Treasury
Belmont
Washington
Wisconsin
Iowa
Territory of
Ted
Treasury Department
Tagree
J.D. Doty
Dety
Touth
Ile
Green Bay
Prairie du Chienand
Jackson
Prairie du Chien
DPI
Brown County
Lake
Winnebago
Doty
United States District Court
John Hays
Crawford County
Territory
Hays
Indian Department
Bank of Mineral Point
Mineral Point
Sigedy Stringham
Bank of Wisconsin
Daly
Minera
United State
James
D. Doty
Board of Dirators
Fenes Morrison
Aefaulter
John F. O'Neil
U. S
Merihan
Ilu
Lin
Doty and Medill Feud Over Territorial Governance
The letter compares James D. Doty’s actions to gross misstatements and accuses him of removing the Attorney General and packing offices with minions. It cites protests against Doty’s appointment, calls him a tyrant seeking to concentrate power, and argues for resistance by the Territory’s citizens and allies in Washington.
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James D. Doty
Mr. Medill
Doty
Medill
Globe
Mr. Medul
Medillas
Zullis
Faela
Jane
M. M. Jackson
Iowa
White House
Tyler
Washington
Senate
Friends of
Speaker
James D. City
Hall Breed
Overnor
Wisconsin Governor in unprincipled strife and hope in government
A fragmentary Wisconsin context cites distrust in the governor, urging faith in the general government and a memorial to John Tyler to oust the offender. The text then shifts to a violent report from the Alton Herald about Ingham and Ferguson, a tense pursuit, and a rope-bound suspect with weapons, followed by a maritime note on the Valley Forge and the goings of the steamboat era near New Orleans.
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Alton
Thomas Ioghan
Nanan
Ferguson
Ingham
Gilman
Ace
Cation
Thingurt
Valley Vege
New Orleans
Bautotallos
Watley Forge
Lowe
Petition Signers Face Public Caption in Plattville
In December 1842 at Pinthille, JORDAY GILLUAM explains signing a petition after a reading of its content. He notes a caption was added and his name published in the Gaqu rer as supporting Guy, indicating it served to provoke ridicule rather than action. He protests public exposure and defends his intent.
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Kit Ain
Ariel
Thia
Plattville
Guy
Bote
Sondset
Ty' Todla
Claike
Masie
Nelles Urey
Youra Truby
Jorday Gilluam
Pinthille
Rowing the Line Between Invention and Starvation
A London phalanx piece warns of Britain’s laboring classes driven to new arts of survival. It details Scotland sealing windows to force children to stay in bed, Yorkshire and Lancaster families starving and lying down two days, and workers drinking water to ease hunger. It contrasts this with a perverse pride in industrial vigor and a glimmer of youth with tobacco as a stark image.
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England
London
Scotland
Yorkshire
Lancaster
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Atttorney
Wm. Medill
House of
C.J. Ingersoll
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