Kansas Statehood Debate Over Topeka and Lecompton
The Washington Union argues for Kansas to be admitted with a constitution formed by a lawfully chosen body, not by Topeka usurpers. It defends submission of the slavery clause to popular vote while noting the convention’s aim to end agitation and uphold popular sovereignty in forming a free or slave state.
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Topeka
Lecorpton
Kansas
Tribune
Congress
Territory of
Congress of the United States
Union
Congress of the
United States
Lecompton
Republicanan
Silver mine found in Texas with sixty workers
The Washington Bel notes a silver mine in Texas employing sixty men with a potential value of 150,000 dollars. It cites war debt figures, Missouri bonded debt, iron ore in Oregon, and various social anecdotes including a German named Carl Jurig who died by his own hand in Cincinnati for unemployment. It comments on stock market hopes from California gold and political opinion on a possible extra legislative session.
Benton on Banks and Hard Money Policy in 1830s US
Thomas H Benton argues against national or state banks and celebrates hard money. He credits Jackson and Van Buren with restoring gold currency, urges stamp duties on small notes and a bankrupt law to curb bank suspensions, and warns that small paper money harms the economy and poor creditors. He cites quantitative gold supplies and the 1837 1857 panic context. He appeals to Congress to act to prevent future financial crises.
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C-street
National Intelligencer
General Jackson
Jackson
Bank of
United States
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Congress
Democratic Party
Treasury Department
Treasury
Great Britain
England
Notio
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Russia
Bank of the United States
Europe
America
The Quiet Transition From Boyhood To Manhood
Henry Ward Beecher writes about life’s gradual shift from youth to adulthood. The piece reflects on how people sense change slowly and emotionally when revisiting childhood memories, merging past and present into one identity. It contrasts outward labels with inward truth and power.
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Henry Ward Beecher
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