01 Feb 1860
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Newspaper
Rensselaer Gazette
Location
Rensselaer, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1860
Page
1
The poem rails against wealth and doctors while praising the printer and press. The piece shifts to a Capitol debate on the Helper book, Colfax, Sherman, Colfax’s defense of constitutional rights, and Democratic defections amid a House power struggle.
Washington letter reports Colfax pressing Rep Burnett on a written pledge by Southern Democrats to resist adopting the plurality rule until March 1861. Burnett admits the agreement. lawmakers vowed to use every parliamentary tactic to block a vote, aiming to keep the House unorganized.
The New York Courier remarks on Southern floor speeches describing them as reckless and childish. It highlights Kent, Gartrell, Leake and others warning that Seward or Sherman victory could force dissolution of the Union, while noting power rests with 250,000 slaveholders and disfranchised poor whites.
A roundup of eccentric notices and brief items from newspapers. Jests about Archer’s polygamy, postmaster Thomas, a widow’s duels, a Virginia tunnel bore, missing funds, a six-on-six duel with six misses, and assorted quips about editors readers and births.
An aging Knickerbocker widower with five children is bantered by a witty young woman who jokes he must have ten children to remarry. He offers five now and asks for certainty of support, while she insists on ten children as a condition, in a humorous social anecdote from a Southern locale.
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