Democratic positions and slavery debates in Congress
A long critical examination of Democratic stance on slavery in territories, congressional authority, and the Dred Scott decision, arguing the party yields to Southern power. It contrasts President Buchanan and Buchanan’s allies with Northern Democrats, noting calls for military action in Mexico and the push to annex Cuba amid slave-trade debates. The piece laments Democratic suppression of free labor and highlights editorials and public reaction.
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Deumera Federal
Supreme Milierary Tribunal
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Congress
Africa
America
Cuba
Amistad
Thorart
Mexico
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Blunt
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Demoscratia
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Buchanan
N.Y
Geo
B. Cheever
Heverend
Henry Ward Beecher
Tl. B. Stowe
John G. Whittier
Union
England
France
Germany
Switzerland
Italy
Holy Land
Henry W. Beecher
Independent
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Irelan t preacher’s Dallas arrest and mob assault account
A long, entangled statement recounts May to August events in Green and Grayson counties Texas. The narrator, a minister named Mel? McKinney, describes migration to Dallas, failed appointments, and threats amid hostility over abolition rumors. A mob accosted him near a Dallas road, a gun was drawn, and he sought sheriff protection before being jailed.
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Green County
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Desperate Plight in the Jail and Aftermath
A detailed account describes a brutal jail assault and scourging, with property taken and threats of further harm. The writer testifies to the events, naming Wa. Bios., Monroe, Jun. Ltd., and General Hows. as involved, then reports broader Civil War era dispatches and political rumors involving Seward, Cortinas, and desert border actions.
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Brownsville
Cortinas
Rio Grande City
Fords
Cartions
New Yoak
Seward
Washington
Mexico
Vidant
Vera Cruz
Iiske Terns
Juarez
Foreign News From a Fractured Era
News briefs describe neutrals and treaties involving Savoy, Piedmont, and the Italian Confederation. weather across England and France. ship movements and losses including the Australasian and Gent Britain. political talk on slavery and U.S. senators. battles in the Madrid region with casualties. arrests in Naples over clandestine printing and Gara Beldi support. Russia and Caucasus loyalties. Stockholm demonstrations for Italian rights. and Illinois banking and railroad bond rulings affecting Chicago to Cairo.
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Federal Council
Switland
Congress
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Piedmont
England
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Australasian
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Great Britain
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Liverpool
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Ross de Olians
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Jraex
Naples
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Mahomed Amit
Caucassus
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Stockholm
Davor
Red Sea
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