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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1856
Page
2
The Warren I Fremont Club was permanently organized with E. Cowan as President, Christian Smith as Vice President, J. F. McPherson as Secretary, and R. S. Orr as Treasurer. Members signed a constitution and adopted the Philadelphia Platform. Ten, C. B. Curtis spoke, and an eventful meeting is promised with strong speakers.
Mrs Barr formerly Almina Haskell wife of Henry Barr of Sugar Grove died in Cincinnati July 22 at age 33 from burns after a lamp accident. She was a former schoolmate and teacher praised for intelligence and virtue leaving two children. Odd Fellows festival set for September 10 at James Foreman’s house features a 3 PM banner presentation by the Vadies and an address. banner costs 150 dollars.
Green has opened the largest hotel in Kinzua offering travelers comfort at all times. His card invites readers to call for details about the inn and lodging.
Mr. James Snowden to move his barber shop from current site to the old Mansion Llouse location as part of a proposed change. The notice outlines steps toward relocation and involvement of local authorities.
The platform condemns extension of slavery into new territories and endorses Kansas as a free state. It asserts Congress power to prohibit slavery in territories, defends due process, and condemns federal abuses in Kansas. It calls for a Pacific railroad, river and harbor construction, and federal aid for national projects.
Passage asserts commitment to liberty of conscience and equal rights for citizens, while opposing legislation seen as impairing their security. emphasizes adherence to institutional principles and constitutional guarantees.
The piece chronicles German voters abandoning the Democracy amid a clash of labor systems, labeling Buchanan era policies as pro slavery and praising Fremont. It cites editorials calling Germans ingrates and mischief-makers, denounces slavery extension, and defends anti slavery limits while critiquing party alignments and southern influence.
A Ledger report notes Mr Arnett was not a candidate at the Republican Convention. His name was mentioned but withdrawn as he did not seek nomination, while the Democrats’ stance on Germans and Fremont politics surfaces through local party shifts and past support in Warren County.
The Meigs County Telegraph reports Drownep. William Erastus Lloyd, about 23, drowned when a skiff was struck by the steamer Cambridge while crossing a river near Pomeroy. He worked at the Pomeroy Rolling Mill as a heater and had been there only six weeks. A letter from his brother James Lloyd, dated Deerfield and mailed at Tidioute, Pa, was found at his boarding house.
Michael McKinney, about 99, native of Ireland and Warren County pioneer, dies after a horse accident. The Ledger critiques Black Republicans and party chaos, with satirical notes on Bromingame Brooks, a duel threat, and a New York letter praising Fremont. Also mentions Benzole gas in a law office and Arthur’s Home Magazine tease.
The Auburn prison poll shows 700 convicts with only one backing Buchanan. The Ontario Messenger notes this and hints the editor will strengthen Buchanan’s position with further remarks.
A Lafayette to citizen letter notes large Fremont majorities in Illinois Wisconsin Iowa Michigan and speculates Indiana will cast over twenty thousand votes above a majority. It reports fifty thousand aggressive Hoosier farmers gathered at Indianapolis on the 15th to ratify Fremont Dayton, calling it an unprecedented Western demonstration.
August issue shows the magazine’s go ahead as it gains a strong reputation nationwide under its new managers.
President Pierce nominates John W Geary of Pennsylvania to replace Shannon as Kansas governor. Geary previously served as Post Master of San Francisco after Polk appointed him to California in 1849. He is expected to be an improvement over the outgoing official.
Both chambers of Congress have resolved to adjourn on August 18, signaling the end of current legislative business. Leaders emphasized a recess to allow members time for district work and constituent issues.
Pursuant to notice Fremont and Dayton electors met at James Foreman’s house on July 22 1856. A committee drafted a preamble and constitution and adjourned to July 26 1856. The pledged platform supports John Charles Fremont for President and William L. Dayton for Vice President.
A Warren County observer reports on a July 21 gathering in Pine Grove where visiting Warren outsiders promoted slavery through speeches and a German band. The piece mocks the rhetoric, notes political shifts, and predicts limited impact on November elections.
Edward Jackson of Galveston Texas suffered four years with salt rheum kept to bed four to five months at a time. He abandoned doctors and used Holloway's Ointment and Pills, which improved him quickly and let him work again. The Boston Bee notes Buchanan as bachelor with no marriage or presidential prospects.
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