Artemus Ward in the Southern Confederacy mishap tale
The piece recounts Artemus Ward touring Confederate territory, facing confiscation of his wax figures and money by Southern forces in Alabama. He describes arrest, a tiger escape, transport to Montgomery, and a brief interview with Jefferson Davis about loyalty, war aims, and the Union’s fate.
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Alabamy
Montgomery
Ituos
Hellerin
Iruns
Bakia
Leried
Jiler
Jeff
Davis
Suthern Conthiereracy
Poundia
Insinnapylus
Ward
J. Davis
Southern Confederacy taunts as civil war threats escalate
A jagged, era-styled passage features threats and taunts between the South and its critics. The speaker names leaders and factions in a mocking, theatrical tone while promising action and retaliation, with theatrical boasts and coded references to rebellion.
Loyalists and Secession Compared in Revolutionary Echoes
The piece contrasts Loyalists who backed Britain with modern Secession advocates, condemning the latter as a grand deception. It laments oppression but highlights past virtue, warning posterity against surrender to tyranny while recalling a poverty scene of a bustling market and a poor woman sharing a humble meal.
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Great Britain
Zory
U. S
Jeff Davis
Missouri Star-Strip Suppressed by U S Authorities
General Lyon orders suppression of the Missouri Star-Strip in Missouri for aiding rebellion and inciting treasonable acts. The publication faces ban to preserve public peace and federal authority, with Col. John McNeil leading U S Reserve Cops in enforcement.
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Haarevanrsia
U.S
At. Louis
Tao Aiseouri Sisto
St. Louis
United States
Ain Snd
Missouri
Lyon
Sifsty
Jolin McNeil
Col
Regimnt
U.S. Reserve Cops
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