The Workingmen and the Brown Controversy of 1859
A dense column combines verse on workingmen’s virtue with a lengthy critique of abolitionist writers led by Mrs. Stowe and Mrs. Child. It condemns female abolitionist sympathy for John Brown as dangerous to law and order, praising Virginia’s heroine and detailing a shipwreck and a young battalion of Italian boy soldiers for contrast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Munter
Harper's
New England
John Brown
Mrs. Stowe
Henry Ward Beecher
Canada
Mkjo
Lydia Maria Child Fest
Governor Wise
Massachusetts
Child
Brown
Virginia
Chill
Lea
A Woman's View of a Woman Daly and the Jubu Browal Crime
A New York Express piece argues that Uncle Tom's Cabin and anti slavery fiction inflamed national politics. It contends Mrs Stowe gained fame by igniting passion and prejudice, linking sharp sermons and abolition rhetoric to broader female ferment and violent acts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Express
Wes
Sharp
Good Advice to Young Women From a Moral Column
A thrift minded plea urges young women to work and prepare for emergencies, avoid dependents, and value honest mechanics over fashionable loafers. It warns riches from parents can curse offspring, and advises judging suitors by trade and self sufficiency rather than wealth, beauty, or status.
Making Tattlers Brew From a Grah of Bitter Herbs
A satirical recipe describes mixing a list of named herbs and concoctions with quips about jealousy and mischief. It treats slander as an alchemy with steps to steep, strain, and store the remedy for daily use to compel the subject to speak ill continually.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tabitha Teatable
Panny Nightwalker
Weil
The True Beauty of a Gentle Character
A reflective piece contrasts outward beauty with inner grace. It argues loveliness resides in kindness, humility, and a healing heart rather than facial or social polish, praising virtue as the source of enduring beauty. It likens such character to a serene, source of comfort and gentleness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santo
Milesiue
Pistols at Washington and a Ladies Watch Gift
Officers and seven privates of the Petersburg Artillery hosted by Beoll Eg., editor of the Spirit of Son, presented to Miss Jane a beautiful lever watch and chain as a familial keepsake. The scene occurred in Charlestown while the group reflected on recent events and shared sentiments about the current political tensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ropeans
Loutsiana
Gazete
Burlesm Couny
Texas
Gazette
Austin
Bastrop
Ely
Peversburg Artillery
Charlestown
Beoll, Eeg
Spirit of Son
Mies Jane
Wensber
Famaly
Ehsin
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Boatslave
Oaldus Poreat
the Workingman
Tren
Lrigher
Corahel
Samuel Weller
Lethia Wari
Whitenay
Jiwe Toi
Shie
Aly
Express
Plora Temple
New York
Ugrald Nf
S'hera
Eoon
Captain Johnson
Marehill
Port Quarte
Walylon
Fai
Marty
L. Matis Chidd
Tris
Johnny Brown
Charlestown Democrat
Jon
Harper's Ferry
Maria Child
Old Brown
M. J. C. Mason
King George County
Jefferson
George Turner
el Washington
Mr. Beckham
United
Siete
Garribaldi
Italy
Vie
London
Daly News
Ald Coele
Garribaliti
Rome
Arcnutplich
Yoong
Huring
Reggie
Europe
Sntisudansogs
Washkington
Prentice
Dunpnad
Wastington
Shemerlees
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