Elk County Reporter Buys and Attacks Buchanan Breckenridge
The Elk County Reporter, once neutral, has shifted to Buchanan and Breckenridge. Notes mention Mr. Boyle acquiring the paper, Mr. Frazer selling clothing at low figures, and several local events including a Republican convention in Erie, Crawford and Warren counties nominating David Derickson for Assistant Judge, Ambrotypes by Nelson Kidder in Warren, and various festival and meeting reports from Youngsville, Farmington, and nearby towns.
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Boyle
Elk County
Buchanan and
Breckenridge
Jupiciau
Erie
Crawford
Warren
Union Mills
David Derickson, Esq
Meadville
Nelson Kidder
Johnson
Exchange
Circus Fury and Fremont Rally Clash in Warren
The article details a Warren County circus night with Dancing Bear and monkeys amid a Democratic meeting mockery. A second show features a pseudo political act with Cutting and Fremont jests provoking mixed crowd reactions. Spring Creek hosts a Fremont gathering with 500 to 800 in attendance and strong Democratic opposition to slavery.
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Sprixe Creek
Fremont
Va Creek
Spring Creek
Eldred
Columbus
Warren
Crawford Counties
Free Speech
Free Territory
Grove
Josiah Deming
Eli Catlin
Wm. McLay
Dr. Wood
L. D. Wetmore, Esq
E. Cowan
G. W. Scofield
Fremont beef cattle purchase and Civil War era record
The piece contests a charge against Col. Fremont as electioneering speculation. It recounts Fremonts California service, court martial outcomes, and later Congressional approval of cattle payments as rightful, citing a Democratic committee report affirming his purchase of many beef cattle in the South and noting bipartisan support.
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Circus Democracy
Fremont
Ledger
Tribune
Col
West Point
California
Com. Stockton
Kearney
Polk
U. S
Congress
House Committee On Indian Affairs
Messrs
Orr
8. C
Eastman
Wis
Grow
Ball
Ohio
Maxwell
Fla
Wright
Miss. Greenwood
Ark
Pringle
N. Y
Latham
Cal
Buchanan
Fremont Beef Claim Spurs Senate Support in 1850s
Col Fremont supplied Indians in California with about 1.225 million pounds of beef to fulfill treaty obligations, funded by government drafts later protested for lack of appropriations. The Senate and House backed indemnity for Fremont, denouncing claims of misdated contracts and praising his role in restoring peace amid Slave Power pressures.
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Barbour
Secretary of the Interior
Congress
Senate
California
Col. Fremont
Col Fremont
Weller and Gwin
McDougal
Latham
Breckenridge
House
Fremont
London
Treasury Department
Treasury
Slavery Fights Within Methodism and Political Temper
Chauncey Shaffer of New York argues slavery has split the Methodist Church and endangered ministers in Missouri and Kansas. He cites abuses against clergy, notes Fremont religious background, and reports on James L. Gillis’s congressional stump in Jefferson County, portraying anti slavery forces and party clashes.
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Chauncey Shaffer
New York
Fremont
Methodist Church
Fillmore
Twain
Jast Winter
Missouri
Wiley
Kansas
Territory of
Phildelphia
Alderman Fulmer
Gillis
Congress
Jefferson County
Jefferson Star
James L. Gillis
Franklin Pierce
Millard Fillmore
John C. Fremont
Burlingame
England
Economy of Church Parsonage and School Architecture
Charles P. Dwyer has issued The Economy of Church Parsonage and School Architecture, published by Phinney & Co. in Buffalo and sold by Stranahan & Randall. The work is richly illustrated and suited for readers interested in church and dwelling designs and their layout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles P. Dwyer
Phinney & Co
Buffalo
Stranahan & Randall
Republican Mass Meeting Set for Erie on the 10th
A Republican mass meeting is to be held in Erie on the 10th instant with Burlin game, Bingham and Wilmot set to speak. The event promises a big time as speakers are announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erie
Burlingame
Bingham
Wilmot
Record of Buchanan Votes on Slavery Found in Richmond Inquirer
The Richmond Inquirer, a Buchanan paper, lists a sequence of Mr. Buchanan’s votes and positions on slavery from 1836 to 1850. It asserts anti slavery Democrats should doubt his commitment and claims he supported or vetoed measures on abolition petitions, state rights, annexation, and the Fugitive Slave Law, arguing he owed South support.
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Richmond Inquirer
Buchanan
Virginia
South
Arkansas
District of Columbia
Calhoun
Missouri
Pacific Ocean
Buchanan’s Slavery Record Praised by Democratic Attestation
The 1854 remonstrance against fugitive slave arrest, 1854 Cuba negotiations, 1856 Missouri repeal support, and Kansas Nebraska Act backing are cited to assert Buchanan’s unwavering loyalty to the South. The piece argues he is vindicated from calumny and held in highest Southan regard for constitutional fidelity and service.
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Pennsylvania
Cuba
Missouri
Buchanan
South
North
Vermont Election Brings Large Victory for Republicans
A Vermont election last Tuesday produced a solid win for the Republican Governor and the entire State ticket by at least 20,000 votes. The result is deemed a sharp rebuke to the Buchanan Slaveocracy and will likely provoke strong reactions.
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Vermont
Who are the Disunionists in the Clearfield Journal
The piece argues both Northern Abolitionists and Southern Disunionists back Buchanan over Fremont. It cites Wendell Phillips favoring Buchanan, anti abolition Standard views, Parker Pillsbury praise for Buchanan, and Southern figures like Yulee Brown Morse Stanton Butler Mason Colcock, plus the Charleston Mercury and Kansas toast endorsing disunion as a remedy.
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Fremont
North
South
Buchanan
Wendell Phillips
Union
Wendell
New York Anti-Slavery Standard
Garrisonian Abolitioniste
Republican Party
Massachusetts
Parker Pillsbury
Framingham
Charleston Mercury
Sumner
Yulee
Florida
Brown
Mississippi
MR. Morse
Louisiana
California
MR. Stanton
Tennessee
Senator Butler
South Carolina
Mason
Vrginia
Colcock
Georgia
Washington
Atchison City
Kansas
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Thomas L. Cochran
York County
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Armstrong County
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Bradford
Samuel P. Johnson
Warren Co
James S. Myers
Venango Co
Glenni W. Scofield
Thomas Struthers
P. M.calmont
Venango
Samuel Kerr
Mercer Co
James L. Lott
Freehold
Griffin Brown
Deerfield
Tili Asurer
Cowan
Erastus Barns
Sheffield
William B. Adocks
Pittsfield
Tay W. H. Combs
Samuel Thompson
Farmington
Youngsville
Order
Youngville
Foreman’s
Rerpustican Macrixc
Court House
H. P. Kinnear
Frederick Miles
Sugar Grove
Wm. Siggins
Angel
Curtis
Con
Circus
River and Derious Circus
Sveral
Pettifogger
James Thompson
Mr. Cutting
J. D. James
G. A. Irvine
New York State
Doughty Cutting
Mr. Fremont
Jesse
Thompson
Warren Democracy
Mr. S. Burgess
Ga” Arthur's Home Magazine
Warren County
Judge Thompson
Judge Church
Sam Black
Fulmer
Isthmus
Darien
George Law
Aspinwall
New York City
C. Suarrer
Mr. Buchanan
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