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Newspaper
Washington Bee
Location
Washington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1858
Page
1
The Washington Bell announces weekly publication with subscription and advertising terms. It items social notes and opinions, mentioning Horace Greeley, Boss Harrington, libel suits, religious revivals, and varied anecdotes from politics, religion, and society, including a report on Canton and other brief items.
A London Star opinion argues modern religious leaders fail to translate creed into action. It condemns state church elites for tolerating oppression, calls out indifference to India policy and opium abuses, and contrasts current clergy with Wilberforce era reformers who fought slavery and tyranny.
The State Sentinel reports from Washington that Judge Hovey, U S Attorney for Indiana, may have been removed or will be due to insubordination in a letter to the convention. Daniel W Voorhees is praised as a capable Democrat appointment, expected to take the post to prepare for the May district court session.
A Saint Louis Republican excerpt from Was thu der on D C February 1838 shows a circular from congressional Republican leaders urging nationwide party organization. It requests a list of residents with post office, politics and occupation, marking active Republicans with A R.
In Evansville Expoirer Revivals are critiqued as fashionable and unstable. The piece argues lasting religion requires conviction, not sensational enthusiasm, warning that enthusiasm fades and harms, with skeptical notes on boxing and other blood sports as barbaric and counterproductive.
The Indiana American Republican rails at party splits over prohibition. It attacks Perkins as anti temperance and Otto as Beebe’s legal foe, urging temperance men to vote ethically. The paper condemns self serving tempers and warns against sliding the temperance issue.
A New Albany Ledger excerpt argues newspapers gain strength not from politicians but from public appeal and timely, fair reporting. It condemns party-patronage as a poor basis for a paper and urges journalism focused on mass readers, with democracy as a sacred principle.
A well informed businessman has finalized plans to invest heavily in brick manufacturing in our city, citing it as a premier Western investment opportunity. The venture promises significant local impact and demonstrates confidence in regional growth.
A defender’s broad account of the Kansas Nebraska crisis argues that abolitionist agitation and mob action in Topeka failed to establish a valid government. It condemns Emigrant Aid mobs, defends Missouri settlers, opposes black republican claims, and urges Congress to admit Kansas under a constitutional framework despite slavery provisions.
A tongue in a stump speech delivered by a Wallkill Academy pupil mocks anti protection zeal while depicting hen roost robberies. The orator uses vivid rural imagery to attack crime against hens and condemns clergy and a white coated editor in sharp social satire.
The Vincennes Sun rejects the claim that Judge Clements is an open and avowed Douglas man as false. It notes the Administration has no warmer supporter in the state than Judge Clements.
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