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Newspaper

Weekly Times

Location

Dubuque, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Dec 27, 1860

Page

3

From a West to a tumultuous Senate session

The speaker recalls leaving the West hopeful for harmony and argues the Republican party holds constitutional rights, condemns the era’s slave laws, defends Union, rejects secession, and argues against compromising the people’s verdict and principles. He cites Lincoln, slavery, and constitutional authority amid sectional strife.

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Lincoln era rhetoric on union and prayer in crisis

A transcript features a political exhortation urging national unity amid secession fears. It calls for fasting and prayer on a designated day, invokes the Constitution and Washington, and appeals to citizens to uphold the Union through a moral mobilization.

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The Widow Fanny White and the Will of Mrs Blackman

The document notes probate for Mrs Blackman's will and a protest against it. It discusses Fanny White once famed for beauty and vice, her reform life, and posthumous public judgment. The piece argues society forgives male reformers but shuns female repentance, citing Mrs Blackman as example.

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Notable Civil War Echoes and Obituaries From a 19th Century Ledger

Fragmented notes recount Gen. Andrew Jackson’s bedside dialogue on Calhoun and traitors a dramatic moment noted by a biographer. The piece also reports the Bank of England rate cut with little market impact, a 1857 panic comparison, and obituaries for Alexander Mann and local injuries at the Rapids Hotel.

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