Dem Fire and Politics in Kansas slant Wisconsin debate
A Wisconsin reader laments Democratic actions against Kansas settlers amid preface to state aid debates. It criticizes Democratic assaults on free state founders, reports aid bills, and discusses the Supreme Court justice race with Judge Knowlton urged as a candidate by local leaders.
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Supreme Caure
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Abram D. Smith
Jude
Sraith
Pierce County Agricultural Society Annual Meeting 1861
At the Pierce County Agricultural Society annual meeting in Prescott on February 6 1861 President D B Bailey called the session to order at 1 AM adjournment followed with a plan to publish notices of the annual meeting and board of control two weeks in county papers. A lengthy debate covered premiums elections and officers with W Denison elected president and M Fitch as Recording Secretary and M Barb as Treasurer.
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Prescott
D. B. Bailey
Board of Control
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Whvlr
Pierce Co. Agricultural Society
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C. P. Barnard
G. W. McMurphy
Southwick
Gunn
Seciety
W. ©. Denison
Proetuy
TL B. Bates
S. R. Gunn
E. Childe
GW. McMerphy
Mason Stone
Albert Smith
Messrs. White
Colling
Hig
E. Chillis
Clifton
A. B. Bates
River Falls
John A. Stirrat
J. J. Southwick
Souitwick
D. Bailey
C. B. Dailey
C. Parnesworth
Co. Board of Supervisors
Cora
W. C. Denison
R Gusy
S.R. Gunn
Pierce County Agricultural Society
President elect urged to uphold law and justice through crisis
A reflective editorial argues the President elect must act with competence to enforce laws and sustain the Constitution. It warns slaveholding factions and calls Lincoln to heroic effort, noting the world’s moral support and the certainty of justice advancing liberty against traitorous threats.
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Lincoln
Tax bill aims to require tax clearance for real estate deeds
A bill introduced in the Assembly by Mr. Graham of Rock County would bar recording any deed mortgage or real estate instrument without a certificate from the Clerk of the Board showing all taxes on the property are fully paid. A $100 penalty is set for violations by the Register. The measure would push prompt tax payment and is part of a broader discussion amid Civil War tensions.
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Graham
Free Democrat
Rock County
Board of Supervisors
Blockade notices and three compromise plans from the crisis
The government notes blockade in Charleston harbor with withdrawn light vessels and obstructed channels. It outlines three crisis proposals: Adams plan for constitutional slave protection and territorial statehood, Border States plan restricting slavery north of 36 80, and the main slaveholders plan to guarantee slavery south of 36 80 and allow transit through free states.
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South Carolina
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Southern Secessionists and Northern rights clash in New York Albany ice flood damages
The piece contrasts Southern claim to nullify federal law with Northern rights to enforce it, noting acts of war and expulsions in the border states. Albany reports ice breaking in the river at eight this morning, rapid water rise and extensive property damage estimated around sixty thousand dollars.
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Anarmed Vessal
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