Eulogy on Horace Mann by Charles Robb in Bethel Ohio
A Clermont Courier reprints a eulogy delivered before the Ports Union in Bethel Ohio praising Horace Mann. The tribute lauds Mann as a beacon of education, compares him to historic rulers, and credits him with founding and advancing the American system of universal schooling. The piece extols his oratory and character, and notes his lasting legacy in school architecture and national education.
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Iain Reese
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Taylor
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Bethel
Onio
Charles Robb
New Richmond
Horace Mann
Dean
Edward Everett
Lamuern Lewis
Friends of
Friends
Alfred
England
Haroun Alraschid
Persia
Charlemagne
Gaul
Saux
Lewis
Horace Mawy
Samuel Lewis
Horaca
Torace Mann
Heaven
Times
Presidency in 1860 Candidates and Slavery Debate
The piece argues for a Republican candidate who upholds anti slavery expansion, fiscal restraint, and competent diplomacy. It endorses Epwanp Bates as the strong choice, noting his consistency against slavery extension and past emancipation of his own slave, while urging unity and avoidance of sectarian infighting.
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Millard Fillmore
Republican Party
Epwanp Bates
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Rip
Republicans Win Need for North and South Support
The passage recalls 1848 Democratic slander, notes Old Zack as a free soil advocate, and argues the Republican party is surging. It asserts 1858 1859 results show enough states for a presidential win and promotes Bates for President with Grow of Pennsylvania for Vice President to gain broad victory.
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Emember
Zack
Bates
Grow
Pennaylvania
Crinoline Fad Fracas Sparks Aunt and Boy
Mrs Partington balks at Lion wearing a crinoline as Ike and Lion tease, arguing fashion versus practicality. Lion parades with a night cap as Partington chides the craze and dismisses artificial supports. The trio ends with Ike calling Lion to play outside after the scolding.
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Mrs. Partington
Lion
Ike
Mistress P
Sam
Heaven
Corkney Stand Sales Bargain Mixup In Roundabout Barter
An old woman selling corkney stand oranges cake and cider is challenged by a Wag who trades items for other items with escalating prices. The customer ultimately owes for the cider and pie, while the orange cake and cider exchange hands without clear payment. The vendor ends by dismissing the customer over the confusion.
The Origin of the Republican and Democratic Parties
A historical note describes the formation of the Republican party from Whig, Democratic, and Free Soil elements. It cites one million five hundred thousand voters split among Democ rat ic and Whig roots, and outlines the North Democratic bloc as a mix of pro slavery, anti right principles, indifferent to slavery, Catholics, pro slavery Whigs, and apostate Free Soilers. It attributes party origins to the collapse of the Missouri Compromise and fusion into the current party structures.
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Democratic
Free Soil
Democracy
Whig Party
Free Soilers
Democratic Party
Stock terms defined in 19th century exchange notes
Dictionary style passage defines Bear Bull Corner Deposit Long Short and other stock market terms. It includes examples of agitator language and a clipped quote from the Boston Courier and Louisville Journal about a copper toed shop for boys and a humorous editor remark.
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Actlor
Boston
Louisville Journal
Winter in Spitzbergen Moonlit Descriptions of Harsh Cold
The excerpt describes six months of winter in Spitzbergen with harsh imagery. It notes ice cracking with neige a bitter hut breath freezing linen and heated stones failing to warm sheets. It contrasts indoor warmth with deadly cold outside in storm blown mountains.
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Spitzbergen
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