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Newspaper
Weekly Times
Location
Dubuque, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1861
Page
2
Readers endure deep snow delaying delivery as editors report a flood of dispatches from Washington. The column cites a Georgia plot to expel free blacks, Kentucky’s ex governor’s death, newspaper acquisitions, secession votes, and Senate party balance. It notes Illinois registry debate and Michigan treason caseloads amid war news and political shifts.
Freus the Daily prints in full a letter from Senator Gaimms of this State to Gov Kraxwoop discussing the national situation. A veteran member of the Senate's Committee of Thirteen, he weighs current politics with clear insight. The letter appears on the first page for readers across parties in Iowa.
The New York legislative caucus selected Hon Ina Hazzis of Albany to fill the United States Senate vacancy. A former State Senator and long time judge of the Albany District Supreme Court, he enjoys broad support for honesty and ability. He is a close ally of Senator Sewakp and aligns with his Republicanism.
The passage imagines the Cotton States abandoning allegiance to the Federal Government to form a Southern Confederacy. It questions each state asserting sovereignty, potential rivalries, duties on sugar, a standing army, and disputed leadership. It asks what bonds would bind the nation, what security protects property, and what guarantees of enduring union would exist.
From Washington comes word that Secretary Dixon in charge of the New Orleans Mint had a $350,000 transfer dishonored as Louisiana authorities seized federal property. The piece condemns the President as weak and calls for unwavering adherence to Right and Order, with talk of force if needed, amid Civil War tensions.
A Dubuque Herald critique claims Northern complicity in the African slave trade and denounces Southern disunionists. It argues U.S. laws against slave importation are ignored in Southern ports and calls out local levies on union loyalty, urging condemnation of Traitors and support for enforcing federal slave laws.
The Missouri population reached 1,172,828 with 1,056,338 whites, 112,588 slaves, and 3,902 free people of color. In 1850 whites were 592,000, slaves 87,000, and free persons of color 3,000. Over ten years the overall increase is over seventy percent, whites up eighty percent, slaves up thirty percent.
A heated Iowa editorial attacks the Times as a radical Republican organ and defends the Union and Constitution. It accuses the Herald of treasonous aid to disunion, vows to keep the paper uncomfortable for treason, and champions the majority rule as the republic’s anchor amid sectional strife.
The Virginia Legislature urged a Commissioners' Convention in Washington on February 4 to press the Sackville Compromise with slavery guaranteed in all U S territories south of 36°30. The move, led by James Baxnovus, risks disunion as Northern states would face Virginia’s preconditions, with Tennessee following. The note warns the plan could provoke secession and blow apart the Union.
A harsh critique of Florida's actions against Federal authority. The piece denounces Governor and state officials for removing U S District Judge William Maxvix and installing Mantory, praising Judge Maxvix's two decades of service protecting shipping. Calls for strong federal response and laments prolonged presidential term.
A Congressman surveyed Republican Members in Washington and found eighty four opposed surrendering any principle to the Rebels. The People will endorse this stance. The Herald editor after the Presidential election analyzes farmers gains from liberty, urging focus on pork and losses instead.
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