Republican State Ticket Featured in November Ballot
Fragmented OCR reveals a Republican slate for governor and statewide offices, naming Alexander W. Randall, Butler G. Noble, L. Harvey, S. D. Hastings, James H. Howe, Van Steenwyck, Hans C. Heg, L. Pickard, and state senator Cox with W. Bartlett and C. Cox. Details appear amid garbled text and misread phrases.
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Alex. W. Randall
Wathescorsrr
Butler G. Noble
Walworth
L.is Harvey
Rock
D. Hastings
Trempeleau
Genera
James HL Howe
Brown
van Steenwyck
Columbia
Hans C. Heg
Racine
L. Pickard
Grant
Our Senatorial Candidates
A pro Republican letter praises C B Cox as honest and principled for State Senate. It contrasts him with Democrat A Meggett, who is portrayed as unpopular and windy. The note urges a strong Cox majority in the 28th District and mentions Gov. Sul as appointing a new Thanksgiving day.
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C. B. Cox
Cox
A. Mvgnett
Wise
Webster
Clay
Meggett
Moggett
O. B. Cox
Cox Iake
Gov. Siu
Minnesota
Thuraday
Democratic push to reopen the slave trade across the nation
A strong piece argues Democrats nationally will unite to reopen the slave trade, framing it as essential to the party's platform. It claims Northern and Southern leaders must embrace this stance or be ousted, describing the shift as the core life principle of the party and predicting a fierce battle on this issue in the next election.
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Aovon
Minnesota
Party of the Union
Suchia
Alutnesollan
Democratic Party
North
Democrata
Republican Party
Democratic pamphlets and Harper's Ferry critique
A polemical piece attacks Democratic claims as falsehoods in a pamphlet titled “nets for the People,” arguing inflated Swamp Land Survey costs and urging readers to note the Investigating Committee figures. It recounts the Harper's Ferry insurrection, condemning the plan and contrasting Democratic and Republican rhetoric, then notes October election results and a bank theft incident in New York. Families and local printers also face unpaid balances as readers are urged to settle dues with printed notices.
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Ewamp
Beriah Brown
Democratic State Committee
Political harmony urged in Southern Republican stance
A Richmond Whig editorial from Baltimore Patriot argues Southern opposition can unite with Republicans without sacrificing principle. It contests Seward's “irrepressible conflict” charge, saying the party won’t govern to force such a clash and cites Rochester remarks as historical context rather than policy. Also lists Grand and Petit Jurors for the county Circuit Court term and notes The Atlantic Monthly sale update.
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Richmond
Baltimore
Milwaukee Sentinel
Seward
Doughfire
Guy Seward
The
Patriot
Gov. Seward
Republican Party
Rochester
Bundy and Meggett Duel Over Oratory Declines Meeting
Bundy sends a note to Meggett to join a district campaign but Meggett declines. The Eau Claire Free Press lauds Bundy as a sharper speaker with witty, pointed rhetoric while Meggett’s speech is described as long and dry. Meggett plans a note to Cox instead, claiming he will not attend. John Calhoun formerly Kansas leader and Lecompton Convention president died at St. Joseph on the 18th.
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S. Bundy
Meggett
Eau Claire Free Press
Bundy
Cox
Deata
Jonx Cantoux
John Calhoun
Kansas
Nebraska
St. Joseph
Doughfages Doom in Senate Election Fallout
A Chicago Journal summary notes the Doughface bloc in the U.S. Senate facing systematic ouster. It identifies remaining Doughfaces from Indiana California Oregon Minnesota New Jersey Pennsylvania and predicts mass turnover in 1860 61. The piece highlights Bigler Fitch and Gwin as likely targets and frames the shift as political regeneration toward a Republican majority.
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Douglass
Iniiana
California
Oregon
Minnesota
Rica
New Jersey
Thompson
Pensylvania
Bigler
U.S. Senate
Bizler
Senate
Buchanan
Indiana
Fitch
Gwin
Friends of Freedom
National Senate
Chicago Journal
Democratic District Convention Chooses Swift Mer rill Delegates
In Boston on Oct 6 1859 the Democratic Convention of the 1st Congressional District elected William N Swift and Edward Merrill of New Bedford as delegates to the Charleston Convention. Resolutions support Popular Sovereignty within the 1850 Compromise framework and Kansas Nebraska guidance while denying Congress power to erect or abolish territorial slavery. Delegates are noted as hostile to the President aspirant.
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Boston
William
N. Swift
Edward Merrill
New Bedford
Charleston
Buchanan
Congress
Telegraphia
Triumphs of Freedom and the Republican Rise
A column cites six million freemen speaking against Democratic Party principles and policy with a trumpet like zeal. It links Republican triumphs from Maine to distant states to a bigger movement, praising the Revolution spirit and foreseeing victory in a protracted struggle. Also notes editorials from Albany Journal and Louisville Journal on Democratic duty and souring news of enslaved Africans shipped to Cuba and English anti-slavery actions.
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Maine
Democratic Party
Republican Party
Republic
Albany Journal
Terrible Disaster and Related Notices From Detroit and Beyond
A Detroit report details the loss of the propeller Troy with eighteen or twenty six aboard after foundering in a great gale off Port aux Barques. Some survivors reached Goderich after ten hours at sea. eleven or twelve were lost or missing including the captain and several passengers. Other items note public commentary from the Albany Journal on slavery, a Pierce county agricultural display at the State Fair with top grain awards, local accident reports including amputation and wagon wrecks, and comments from the Montgomery Advertiser on Douglas and Alabama politics.
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Detroit
Brin
Troy
Port Aux Barques
Lake Huron
Goderich
Telegraph
Port Calborne
Weare
Guderich
Canada
Phay
Chijorge Presa
Tury Sax
Fort Atkinson
Pierce County
Prisoners Escape From City Jail By Hole Under Floor
Reported in the La Crasse paper, two prisoners named Caossa Monperer and Ridgley fled a city jail using an outside aid to cut through the floor under a bed and exit through a wall. The floor is made of equate logs and they bored holes to slip out. One man was seen at a saloon near Copley the following morning. authorities pursue with no capture yet reported.
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Harper
Ferry
Virginia
J Brown
Ossarutomia
Brown
Kennedy
Maryland
Kentucky
North and
South Carolina
Canadas
Tos Wannes
Dirrrourty
Albany Journal
Republican Party
Caossa Monperer
Vmineifer
Dennisonary
Gack Ridgley
Copley
la Crasse Paper
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Sam Medery
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Edward Western
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W. R B. Gates
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J. A. Noaket
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Truman Cahill
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Ticknor & Fields
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Min's Point
Democrat
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Guy Hall
A. O. Snyder
Roy Horace
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