Senate and House proceed on Texas annexation plans
The Senate announced standing committees then McDuffie moved a Joint Resolution for Texas annexation while Merrick and Bayard signaled future bills on postage and a Naval School. In the House, Duncan's election bill advanced in committee, while President’s Message and nominations for collectors and judges were referred to committees and floor votes were taken on petitions about slavery era reforms. A ship log from the Charles Frederick details whaling voyage through the Pacific and notes interactions with native islanders and voyages toward Japan and the Sandwich Islands.
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Senate
McDuffie
Yyattea
Texas
Merrick
Bayard
Naval Committee
Amorg
Robert Fulton
Duncan
Tope
Iowa
Dickenson
Foster
New York
Benton
Cushing
K ‘Svng
Committee On Foreign Affairs
van Ness
Williams
Boston
King
Supreme Court
Pennsylvania
Walworth
Adams
American Statistical Society of Massachusetts
Tibbats
District of Columbia
Huntingdon
State Department
France
Allen
Oregon
Calhoun and Polk clash over Mexico in Nat Intelligencer
From New York and Washington dec 9 1844 the Nat Intelligencer reports little market change on cotton and rising tensions over Mexican diplomacy. Calhoun's letters provoke criticism in Northern Democracy and among Polk supporters as calls for stronger action grow. Commodore Newman’s death in Montevideo and the Creole incident add to maritime unease, while election tallies show Gov Gardner and Lt Gov Wright leading in state races.
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New York
Caledonia
Mexico
Shannon
Rejon
Calhoun
Calliouh
King
Texas
Monteviedo
Bainbridge
Voorhes
Congress
Buenos
Boston
Hainbridge
Mourning James K. Polk's Legacy in Ashland Remembrance
A defense of James K. Polk portrays him as a nobly steadfast statesman who protected American industry and national honor. The essay lauds his forty years of service, contrasting his restrained leadership with party strife and urging lasting national gratitude from the Republic and foreign nations.
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Henry Clay
Ashland
Socrates
Lycurgus
Sparta
England
West
Mississippi
Neptune
South
Friends of Liberty
James K. Polk
Hhis
Hig Goda
Republica
Liberty
Bolivar
America
Our
Republic
Greece
Rome
Arverica
Ike
Athene
Arte
Themigocles
Annexation Debate With Tyler Speech Critique
The piece criticizes President Tyler's annexation policy for Texas, arguing the annexation question was not naked to the people but entangled with Bank, Tariff, Nativeism, and Abolitionism. It contrasts public support for immediate annexation with party loyalties and regional divides, noting Whigs and anti-annexation factions opposed it and detailing electoral margins and debt assumptions tied to Texas.
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Tyler
At & Fir
Texas
Annexation
Congress
Polk
Mr Clay
Birney
Mr.Clay
Care
Treaty debts debate over Texas liabilities and 1844 pact
In this discussion of the Texas loan and debt after the 1844 treaty talks, the piece argues the Lone Star debts could exceed twenty million dollars and must be paid by the United States. It cautions against interpreting land proceeds as sole discharge and criticizes Tyler era intrigue aimed at extending slaveholding power.
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U. States
Polk
Texas
van Buren
Wright
Benton
Tyler
United States
Theranlonel
Gether
Sama
Senate
Inether
North
General Cass and the Locofoco dilemma in 1848
The Locofoco party debates Gen. Cass’s future role. Some advocate him as a 1849 presidential candidate, others seek a cabinet berth under Polk, while others push for him to become governor or a U.S. senator. A foreign mission to Terra del Fuego is even proposed due to his long-standing troubles with friends since returning from France.
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Cass
Locofora Party
Bump
Polk
U.S
Terra del Fuego
France
Hon Corwin Named to Represent Buckeye State in Congress
Rejoicing news from East Luma Corron reports that Hon Thomas Corwin has been chosen to represent Ohio in the United States Senate. The piece extols his rise from poverty, self-made education, and strong Whig principles, praising his liberal, generous character and commitment to popular rights. It also notes Liverpool advices on Great Britain’s imports, including rotten flax and India cotton, amid wartime trade concerns.
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Thomas Corwin
Buckeye
Boonie
United States
Liverpool
India
Britain
Polk
Nastville
Gome
Moyeelf
Bato
South Carolina Rages at Massachusetts Agent Visit
A mission from Massachusetts to ascertain the treatment of citizens imprisoned in their state provokes a strong response in South Carolina. The Thessapony committee condemns the action as a Northern conspiracy to subvert Southern institutions and urges expulsion of the agent. Hoar departs Charleston amid rowdy protests, signaling a looming national crisis.
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South Carolina
Massachusetts
Caroline
Supreme Court of the
United States
Hoar
Charleston
Thessapo Wy
MasSachiusetts
Algre
Mr. Hoar
Jett
Repeal meeting hints at Treble Society, Ireland and U S politics
The piece notes Caledonia arriving in Boston on the 14th and O’Connell’s return to Dublin amid reports he abandoned the Federal project. It mentions a Repeal Association meeting planning to discuss impeaching judges and probing missing jury lists. It reports Rouen cotton spinners shortening work and Polk’s Nashville speech praising Democracy while pledging national unity. Also advertises Gangam’s Magazine January issue with engravings and essays.
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Caledonia
Boston
O'Connell
Doublin
Heb
Repeal Association
Uuh
Prewrrative Society of
Three Hundred
Trish Com
Queen’s Bench
Rena [der
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