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Newspaper
Rolla Express
Location
Rolla, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Feb 11, 1861
Page
2
A concerted call urged Missourians to voters on the 18th at the ballot box. Attendees pledged to rally for Kyorr McCurre and Rownen, aiming to illustrate disunionist positions with a telling anecdote. UNIGN note directs all names onto poll books.
Advertising rates list for subscribers and agents, commissions, and notice fees. Legal ads paid on filing, obituary notes charged as ads. Personal notices and political candidate announcements have set rates. Walker of Rolla invites remittance and warns about X marks signaling expiration.
Public speaking notice for W G Pomeroy union candidate for Delegate from the Senc tors District of Phelps County. He will speak in Wayonsville on Friday February 15 at 1 PM and in Rolla on Saturday the 16th.
The editor notes the Rolla meeting proceedings and many communications fill the page. He applauds the public’s lively engagement with a question of great and momentous interest and previews continued discussion.
A call urging Missouri voters to record their ballots for true candidates in a pivotal election. It warns against disunion and Civil War risks, appeals to defend the Union and Star Spangled safety, and presses citizens to vote for unity and consign new experiments to defeat.
Announcement from Dent County candidates for Delegate to the State convention. Joan Hort is named as a union candidate praised as an old, substantial citizen of integrity who served in the state Legislature. He supports the Union while any hope remains and opposes immediate disunion.
The union ticket for Crawford Phelps Pulaski Dent Texas Wright Douglas Ozark and Shannon counties is proposed with Wa G Pomeroy Joax ort James Holt and William Janus as nominees. James and Holt are slaveholders, James runs a large business and supports Rolla resolutions, the ticket aims to align with union interests and precinct polling.
A Central Missourian piece directed at Union men argues Missourians with homes and property must resist secession driven by carpetbag politicians. It warns of northern abolitionists and southern disunionists pressing Missouri to leave the Union, listing motives and dangers of civil conflict and burdens on taxpayers.
A Missouri writer argues that secession would ruin slave property value and threaten security, borders, and industry. The piece outlines six dire consequences including abolition raids, taxes, depopulation, stalled railroads and schools, postal disruptions, and loss of property, urging loyalty to the Union over separate state action.
A reader questions the motives behind votes from Virginia's largest slaveholding counties for Union delegates, seeking explanation for the surprising support amid secessionist sentiment.
A forecast suggests most Border States will choose a minority of delegates to the Union convention, shaping the party's regional influence. The trend indicates divergent alignments and possible shifts in nomination strength across these states.
A letter from February details the Missouri General Assembly sessions with focus on banks railroads militia and education measures. The writer notes pending bills a looming railroad issue and bank suspensions while praising Meramec Iron Works and Phelps County prospects for growth and a regional library or college.
A formal appeal expresses desire to boost county growth and prosperity through public institutions of learning. The speaker promises support, sending public documents to Post Offices and asks constituents to collect papers if names are forgotten, inviting continued newspaper readership from The Rolla Express.
The 1851 meeting at the Tiffany House opened with officers taking oaths. E W Bishop elected president pro tem, Charles E Hall chosen clerk after oath, and Henry Andrae, H W Bishop, and F Hartie named to draft ordinances. Council adjourned to February 9 at 10 o clock.
Mr J W Suther land visited last Sunday to establish a Bible Society in Roda as a branch of the American Bible Society New York Rev R D Gaddy elected President Wright Light Vice President W Wilson Severe ary and W H A Graves Treasurer Contributions to the society invited Bi ules to be deposited with Mr Graves in a few weeks
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