Pierce inaugural address grounds Union in peace and right
Franklin Pierce speaks on duties of expansion and union, defending constitutional limits, national growth, and federal restraint. He pledges peace with nations, vigilant defense, and fidelity to law, while urging unity and Providence guiding the republic. The piece also notes the upcoming Patent Office change and commentary on engineering and culture.
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Republic
North Carolina
Confederation of the United States
Unu
Navy
Confederacy
United States
The
South
Monticello
Washington
Yranklin Pierce
Patent Office
Patents
S. H. Hodges
On. D. K. Carter
Ohio
Committee of Patents
Ionge of Representatives
Scientific American
Post Office Candidates Vote Planned Next Saturday
The applicants for the city Post Office have agreed to submit their claims to custody of Uncle Sam's Mails to a Democratic vote next Saturday. The Springfield Republic calls this sensible and says it will spare Gen. Pierce the task of weighing friends.
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Uncle Sam
Gen
Pierce
Springfield
Bull in Church Sparks Farcical Sermon andriddling hymn
A Massachusetts tale recounts a boastful farmer called Mr Bull who disrupts a sermon with mooing from a double bass in the gallery. The minister chastises the musicians for tuning during service as the crowd stifles laughter. The joke ends with Mr Lafever declaring the bull to be the culprit.
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New Hampshire
Massachusetts
D. C
Altlhough
Bull
Bo Woo Woo
Boo-woo Woo
Boo-woo- Woo
Stars Sink One by One and Female Resolution Note
The piece blends verse on stars fading and a female resolve to end romance. It includes a February 28 1853 note from Perry Townsna re in Indiana describing citizens forming a battle against counterfeiters and horse thieves and praising local officials for arresting one suspect. The Journal of Commerce reports South contracting to supply hundreds of war ordnance for delivery around the Mediterranean.
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Virginia
Pennsylvania
New York
Ohio
Ohio River
Sea Board
Baltimore and Ohio
Wheeling
Seaboard
New Orleans
Falla
Portland Canal
Kentucky
Indiana Bank of the Rivera Railway
Perry
the Journal of Commerce
Korsuth
Mediterranean
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Gen. Pierce
Commissioner of Parents
Margaret Fuller
D’oneoli
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Sassay
New York Tribune
Boston
Fanny Eiteler
Ralph
Margaret
Theodore Parker
Garrison
Carole
Easler
Ellsler
Hilsler
Post Office
Dublin University Magazine
Alona
Prom Fraser's Magazine
Female Resolution
Nol
John
Julia
Morocco
Ra Mitchell
J. ¥. Jones
Thomas Matty
William L. Matthews
Muncietown
Mitchell
Ms. Jones
William Myere
Sentinel
Free Press
Benjamin Grimes
Houen Mizner
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