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Slavery and annexation front in Whig convention report
The Cleveland Whig convention agenda includes resolutions endorsing Jefferson's proviso and opposing slavery's expansion, with speeches by Ellsworth, Giddings, Taylor censured by Clay note, while cholera fears rise in New York and Panama. Annexation sentiment grows in Canada as reports from Montreal and Minerve reflect Lafontaine's alignment and pressure toward union with the United States.
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Ohio
Harmon Kingsbury
Illnois
F. D. Parish
Heary Ellsworth
Indiana
Joel Tiffany
George Hoadley
Cincinnati
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Plain Dealer
Jefferson
Taylor
Giddings
Territories
District of Columbia
Free
Buffalo
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H. L
Clay
Board of Health
St. Louis
New Orleans
Mexico
Paredes
Santa Anna
Sierra Madre
New York
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Arkansas
Panama
San Francisco
Chili
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Valparaiso
England
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Spectator
United States
Minerve
M. Lafontaine
Montreal Herald
General Scott
Lower Canada
Upper Canada
Gaspé
Detroit
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Confederation of Republics
St. Lawrence
Lafontaine Party
Canada
Lord Elgin
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