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Newspaper
Monroe Sentinel
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1860
Page
2
The piece outlines the Sentinel’s mission to inform readers with fearless, unbiased opinion while upholding Republican principles. It pledges to resist factionalism, avoid personal attacks, and provide thorough information and reasoned arguments from a steady editorial stance.
An 1860s style public plea laments mortgage foreclosures on farms and appeals to justice beyond courts. It argues the farmers face deprivation and urges lawful means to avert calamity, claiming the public policy requires protection from ruination of agrarian families.
The article argues farmers who mortgaged their farms to back railroad bonds must be shielded from loss. It denounces foreclosures and demands that railroad managers honor their promises, or public opinion will hold them accountable. It links this to broader questions of justice and liberty.
A dramatic jailbreak narrative centers on Booth prying loose from custody at the Custom House. He escapes in a wagon toward Spring Street Bridge, aided by a pass and companions, while Deputy Burke and Deputy Henry pursue. Marshal Lewis is notified, but Booth vanishes as crowds discuss the escape and speculate on his fate and whereabouts.
Hon. John Hickman denounces Stephen A. Douglas as unsafe and treacherous while condemning Southern Democracy. He recalls Kansas incidents and territorial strife, notes defalcations in federal departments, and relays a Carson City Utah Territory letter detailing Indian conflicts and frontier life.
State Commission reports Jeho Lewis United States Marshal informed that Booth was concealed within prison walls. He urged use of police force to secure Booth. Maj. Teg replied Booth was not confined to the prison and was visiting, at liberty to go where he wished.
A lengthy discourse questions Douglass doctrine of development through unfriendly legislation. It argues that declaring slaves as property equal to other property would alter protections and provoke crisis in territorial law. The piece critiques the idea of extending property rights to slaves via legislation and cautions about political consequences.
Report outlines the murder of Laura Harvey and George Lawrence in Ottumwa Iowa with accomplice McComb charged. It details a fake marriage and staged movements along the Mississippi and Des Moines rivers, plus Lawrence and Harvey's bodies found near a ravine. The piece notes suspected motives money and pursuit by authorities as Croog Proesreet comments on political gloom.
Report from the morning train describes Booth lecturing in Ripon on Saturday evening. A marshal was present and urged to step forward as about a hundred shouted to seize him. McCarty of Fond du Lac intervened and shielded Booth, tearing at least his clothes while no shots were fired. Booth’s appearance caused great excitement with no arrest by morning.
A fragmented report indicates Senator Seward will address a political gathering in Wisconsin. References to a Wisconsin venue and participants are unclear but imply a campaign or public meeting in the state.
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