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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1838
Page
2
A collage of historical snippets includes Daniel O'Connell correspondence about misreported Birmingham speech, a Stevenson rebuttal note, a humorous London boot shop robbery tale, French and American finance contrasts, and 1800s party politics with inspector votes in Pennsylvania.
The piece reports mob violence against Mormons near Carroll County in Missouri, detailing propounded debt repayment plans, Mormon defiance, and armed clashes near Le Witha Mor mon town. It cites Governor Reynolds and local leaders, adds international items on the French Mexico crisis, Great Western steamships, and Texas politics, and notes a court case in Ireland about child trafficking and a death sentence.
The piece reproduces a mock conversation between a farmer and a merchant about the Washington Globe and its editor. It lampoons partisan rancor, disputes administration policy, and teases journalistic tactics while noting other papers and figures. The writing mimics a staged debate on currents in politics and media.
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