Cotillion Party at James Hall Aims for August 13
The Jonxsons will perform at James Hall for a Cotillion Party on Wednesday evening August 13. Admission is 75 cents per couple. Erastus Barns of Sheffield is named on the county commissioners ticket, backed by the county committee, with a pledge of a large majority win. Accipent: Lewis Arnett Jr and Andrew Hall riding a buggy. a harness failure caused the horse to kick, injuring Hall’s leg below the knee.
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Jonxsons
James’ Hall
Erastus Barns
Sheffield
Green
Barns
Lewis Arnett, Jr
Andrew Hall
Mr. Arnett
Orris Hall
Mr. Hall
Brooks and Keit Return to Congress by Near Unanimous Vote
Brooks and Keit have been returned to Congress by nearly a unanimous vote. Six hundred dollars were contributed for Brooks to pay his $300 fine. When will the friends of Freedom and Free Speech be as united for Freedom as the South are for Slavery.
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Fe Brooks
Keit
Congress
Brooks
Friends of Freedom and
Free Speech
South
Ground broken for Sunbury and Erie Railroad division
Pro ceedings report a grand demonstration held last Saturday in Erie with a crowd from Philadelphia numbering 40 or more. The event celebrated the ground breaking of the Western division of the Sunbury and Erie Railroad. La Hazeltine and Co. advertise air tight jars for fruit preservation.
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Erie
Sunbury and Erie Railroad
Philadelphia
la Hazeltine & Co
Camp Meeting in Kinzua Promoted by Local Ledger
The Ledger reports a Camp Merrivc meeting set to begin on the 20th in Kinzua with broad attendance urged. A debate on slavery politics follows, criticizing the Ledger’s stance and urging readers to reject slave extension and dubious party rhetoric.
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Merrivc
Kinzua
Senatorial Convention Held This Friday Past
The district held its senatorial convention on Friday of this week, but results were not available in time for publication.
Free Kansas banner fronts Erie True American editorial stance
The Erie True American endorses Fremont and the Free Kansas platform amid abolitionist tensions. The piece argues the Kansas crisis surpasses past campaigns and endorses Gerrit Smith’s integrity while supporting Fremont to oppose slavery, urging Radical Abolitionists to vote for freedom.
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Erie True American
Gerritt Smith
Kansas
Fremont
Dayton
Catlin
Abolition Party
Gerrit Smith
Smith
Sampson
Merchanters in Philadelphia Offer Rare Inducements
B F see the card of Philadelphia merchants in our paper this week. They hold out rare inducements to merchants in this section. Transportation from there is now the same as from New York and our merchants can trade with merchants of their own.
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B&f
Philadelphia
New York
Buchanan Endorsing Brooks and Southern Alignments
A Lancaster letter argues James Buchanan endorses Brooks against Sumner, urging his independence would fail under Southern rule. The piece recounts a Franklin and Marshall College commencement scene with Buchanan on stage and remarks by W W Davis, ending with Lancaster County voters backing Kemont Dayton and a union with Fillmore men akin to 1848 dynamics.
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WW. Y. Tribune
Lancaster
Buchanan
Brook
Sumner
Brooks
James Buchanan
Franklin and Marshall College
Board of Trustees
W. W. Davis
Sterling
Illinois
Wheatland
Fathers of the Republic
Canine Brooks
Davis
Mr. Buchanan
Mr. Sumner
Senator Buller
Cincinnati
Fremont
Freedom
Lancaster County
John Charles Kemont
Wm. L. Dayton
Fillmore
Taylors
Birds aid each other seen as omen for political run
In Warren Mail item the author notes a robin and phebee nesting near Deerfield and aiding each other. The piece uses the event as a good omen for a united political campaign across Republicans Free Democrats Americans and Whigs with Kansas mentioned as free.
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Warren Mail
Bing’s Nest
Mr. Cowan
Warren
Eldred
South West
Deerfield
Fremont
Phebee
Kansas
Washington letter on abolition and legislative action
In a letter to Robert Morris, George Washington expresses a strong personal wish to see slavery abolished and argues that only legislative authority can achieve this. He notes his willingness to use his suffrage to support a plan, while stressing caution about the proper means.
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Robert Morris
George Washington
White Laborers Stirred by Abolitionist Tactics in Virginia
The Richmond Enquirer warns that abolitionists target non slaveholding whites to build an anti slavery party in the South. It questions labor respect in the South, cites low wages and high taxes on the poor, and notes Southern bias in taxation while recounting a Pro Fremont scene at the Allen House involving Nat and the Black Republicans.
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Richmond Enquirer
Old Dominion
South
Fremont
North
Virginia
A National Candidate's Lively Rise and Swift Backlash
The Erie Dispatch reflects on Witt Bucananan Wirnpraw's rapid rise after a fierce party fight and a flashy Cincinnati convention. It notes broad Democratic endorsement, overwhelming public sentiment, and growing doubts as supporters fear five states may oppose him.
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Witt Bucananan Wirnpraw
Cincinnati
Democratic
Erie City Dispatch
Wyar's 1x A Name
A concise remark naming Bacon as the greatest English philosopher, lauding Hogg as a premier Scotch poet and Lamb as a fine British essayist.
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Wyar
Bacon
Hogg
Lamb
Radical Abolition Convention Adopts Antislavery Resolutions
The adjourned Radical nominating convention in Sugar Grove elected Darius Titus for Assembly and named George Abbott, Isaac Eddy, Anson Stilson, Joseph Morrison, and Joseph Gardner to various posts. Resolutions denounce slavery as incompatible with liberty and pledge abolition and a separate organization. The meeting adjourned to September 3 at Warren Court House.
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Lewis Clarke
Edgar R. Pratt
W. D. Henry
Darius Titus
Warren
House
L. H. Pratt
D. Titus
H. Harmon
A. R. Titus
Henry
Stoolfire
Blodget
Clarke
Assembly
George Abbott
Isaac Eddy
Anson Stilson
Joseph Morrison
Joseph Gardner
United States
Republican Party
Sumner
Brooks
Kansas
Court House
Brooks Takes Seat as Whitfield Is Rejected by House
In Washington on August 1 1856 Preston S Brooks took the oath and seated himself after the Kansas election case was disposed of Gen Whitfield read a long statement and the committee closed the discussion The House adopted the resolution declaring Whitfield not entitled to his seat by 110 to 92 and defeated the Reeder admission 88 to 113 Twelve Northern members backed Whitfield De Witt and Davis of Massachusetts were absent Brooks did not vote Herbert supported Whitfield and opposed Reeder An effort to grant Reeder per diem failed amid Border Ruffian opposition.
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Preston S. Brooks
Herbert
Keating
Kansas
Reeder
Gen. Whitfield
Washburn
Committee of Election
Whitfield
Yeas
Messrs. de Witt
Davis
Massachusetts
Brooks
Brooks Our for Buchanan
Mr Pres ton S Brooks who has just resigned his seat in the house is put in favor of Mr Buchanan. Buchanan was not my first nor second choice for the Presidency, but as representative of a principle and on the Baltimore platform reinforced by Cincinnati resolutions our principles are applied to Kansas and re endorsed by the American Democracy and their nominee.
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the Mail
Ledger
Garrison
Buchanan
Pine Grove
Nat
Allen House
Ellicott
Fremont
Chautauque Democrat
Baltimore
Gen. Pierce
Cincinnati
Kansas
Secretary Marcy Offers to Purchase Mexico Boundary Section
Secretary Marcy sent a proposal to President Comonfort offering 6 million dollars for the thirty first parallel forming a boundary to the Gulf of California. President Comonfort reportedly refused to entertain the offer.
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Marcy
Comonfort
Mexico
Gulf of California
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