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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1850
Page
1
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The poem expresses a farewell to worldly life and flatteries as the speaker longs for a private, sacred retreat. He rejects fame, wealth, and public bustle, preferring a tranquil hearth among green hills and sacred groves where thought and God reside.
Poem exhorts ending old quarrels and wrongs and ringing in truth, peace, and noble values. It celebrates rejecting pride and greed while welcoming widespread mercy, love, and moral renewal. The verse envisions a future of peace, justice, and compassionate humanity.
Holden's Dollar Magazine describes the Niagara River Suspension Bridge erected by Charles Ellet Jr finishing in July 1848. It spans 759 feet with 55 foot towers and 220 feet to water, supported by 23 cables. A kite first carried the line across. a car and wire followed. The bridge, admired beside Niagara, is seen as both art and engineering.
The speaker contends that energy and invincible determination, once an honest purpose is fixed, distinguish the great from the insignificant. With this force, a person can achieve anything, regardless of talents, circumstances, or opportunities, facing death or victory.
The speaker argues hate stems not from harm done to us but from our own injuries to others. After wrongdoing we lash out in anger to dignify our baseness as revenge.
A domestic tale tells of a quarrel over a door latch that drives the narrator to drastic action. A file remedy cures the rift, sparing Julia’s headache and restoring harmony as the couple reflect on trifles shaping happiness. The piece is followed by moral vignettes on societal double standards, grapevines bearing apples, a new mouse trap, and short jokes.
A long excerpt argues for pursuing liberal education while warning against overreliance on colleges. It shares anecdotes about Neander and quips from era travelers, then notes local legal and social concerns including Wayne county Pennsylvania Grand Jury actions and fugitive slave panic in Pittsburgh.
The text criticizes the Tariff of 1846 for reducing wages in coal regions, noting miners in the Selhoylkill area earned six to eight dollars weekly under the new tariff versus ten to fifteen dollars under the Tariff of 1842. It argues tariffs must protect American industry and laborers face oppressively suppressed wages.
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