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Newspaper
Prescott Transcript
Location
Prescott, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Nov 05, 1859
Page
2
The Prescott Transcript of November outlines the Republican State Ticket led by Governor candidate Alexander Randall and others, naming W. B. Hastings, James Howe, and Cox among state officers. It also notes Edward Miller as authorized ad agent, and emphasizes editorials promoting independence and family journal content.
The message urges Pierce County residents to back a Republican slate in a pivotal election, praising the candidates as worthy of the state and invoking earlier GOP victories in Maine Vermont Pennsylvania Ohio Iowa Minnesota. It claims a potential 15 000 majority if duties are fulfilled and pledges national zeal for freedom.
Fragmentary OCR notes show Cox and Bartlett as Republican candidates for state assembly districts. The text references Meggett Eaton and mentions election day variation, urging voters to support Cox and Bartlett to reduce taxes and state expenses. The source is garbled and names are inconsistently rendered.
A fragment urges Prescott Republicans to vote early and vote hard, stressing that one vote can decide. It counsels readers to work for the country, reminding them to fulfill their duty and warn about bogus campaigns, urging action one day a year.
Fragmentary political speech recounts a late week city hall event with strong partisan rhetoric. It notes Democrats mobilizing for the election and cites heated remarks by local speakers, including references to Megnert and a future governor, with mixed praise and critique.
The article argues slavery dominates U S policy across parties and warns against ignoring or endorsing it. It contrasts Republican and Democratic views, critiques Douglas and Squatter Sovereignty, and urges voters to weigh moral, political, and practical consequences before election day amid claims of false state charges and manipulated figures. It stresses constitutional duties and warns against deceitful political tactics.
The piece attacks Barstow and “Forty Thieves” in state finance, cites Harrison C. Count Hobart, and criticizes the current administration for debt repayment and tax cuts. It recounts an attack on Wm. S. Buley’s printing office in Newport Kentucky, discusses press freedom, religious attack lines, and notes a mass migration of Black Canadians after the fugitive slave law.
The Milwaukee Free Democrat notes Governor Wise advocated arming the South to seize Harper's Ferry and dissolve the Union if Fremont won. It contrasts Wise’s treasonous stance with Brown’s limited action for freedom, suggesting Wise’s elevation to the presidency would follow his support for slavery. The piece also critiques Harper's Magazine’s Southern tilt North of the line. It lists pricing for Harper’s subscriptions.
Telegraph despatch from Milwaukee reports a Northwestern & Chicago Railroad wreck near Watertown. Initial death toll estimates ranged from eight to thirty, with many injuries. A hitched ox on the track caused the disaster, an ox on the track was unseen. Special trains carried survivors and doctors to the scene as authorities awaited full details.
A Madison Journal extracted pamphlet denounced as false propaganda before an election. The piece cites state expenditures, names WJ Gibson, Thistow, Van Verden, Brisbine, Whipple, and others, totaling about 897,078 dollars, and notes swamp land fund repayments. It references Governor Bashford and Randall, and mocks the pamphlet’s claims while highlighting political intrigues. The note closes with brief items on Ten BM Bowes’s abolition tour and Fred Douglass correspondence.
At Maryland Penitentiary on October 22 a convict resisting orders stabbed the deputy warden twice. George Bennett then fired, fatally wounding the prisoner. The deputy warden’s condition worsened to critical. The inmate died shortly after, with initial reports of the warden’s death later revised to non fatal injuries.
Teor hearing off the death of Min Lister Miagon the Emperor Napoleon and the dispatch of escort orders reveal courtly concern. Reports discuss Democratic and Republican stance on Brown, Osawattomie, and national unity. Indiana figures like Carr Cook and Guy Williard are linked to political maneuvering in fall elections. Charles B hedge to lead Minnesota Central University shows educational staffing shifts.
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