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Newspaper
Weekly Times
Location
Dubuque, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 24, 1859
Page
2
Thursday November 24 195 MIQUED EVERT SEURSDAT BK PALMER GILMORE CO Ofics 86 Main Sree Third Floor A GILMORE BERNARD CORR.
The piece argues that leading Southern Democrats already fear a Black Republican victory in 1860 and discuss evacuating the Union if Republicans win. Governors McVullix of Mississippi and Brows of Georgia urge legislatures to consider a State Convention. South Carolina’s Jon McQuirex notes North Republicans may supplant Confederacy. The author predicts a Republican presidency starting in 1861 and downplays panic.
The article reports Republicans pressing for tougher voting laws to prevent fraud, aiming for swift, decisive action. It mentions Iowa and California context, noting vigilance at elections and the expectation that the General Assembly will enact reforms despite Democratic opposition. It also notes a rumored Senate appointment in California following a vacancy.
The Herald denounces Buchanan administration as weak and hypocritical while contrasting Douglasism as worse, arguing Democratic factions in the North are split. It notes Republicans sweeping non slaveholding states and urges the people to punish the party, with tensions rising ahead of elections.
Cassius M. Clay delivered a bold street speech in Covington Kentucky arguing that slavery presses on free labor and that the Republican Party aims to curb slavery while the Democratic Party would extend it. He claimed Kentucky’s population imbalance and warned that if Republicans win in 1861 they would act to free labor, while a heckler shouted to tar and feather him.
The upcoming session faces a fragmented House with 237 members and no clear majority. Republicans hold 113 seats, Lecompton Democrats 93, Anti-Lecompton Democrats 8, and Southern Americans 23, with potential crossovers influencing Speaker or Clerk choices amid looming electoral maneuvers and regional tensions. The piece surveys possible alliances, figures like Tom Corwin, Courax, Grow, Suzi max, and John W. Farmer, and notes Missouri slave exodus and Kansas statehood questions shaping national politics.
Since 1844 Crayhag has fought for Free Discussion and Free Laborers rights in Kentucky. He faced revolvers and bowie knives to defend public discourse and has built a political party poised to send a full representative to the upcoming Republican National Convention.
The new Hall furniture was replaced with sofas by order of the last House. The aim was to curb debate time, but critics doubt the plan works. Costs amount to about 80,000 dollars with potential return of desks at another 90,000. A 1846 federal statute may allow coerced recognizance for witnesses, joked about aiding Virginians after Josuah B. Gimpings.
Mount Vernon shows rapid growth over six to eight months with new brick stores, a Son’s bank office, churches, stables, dwellings, warehouses, and railway depots. Cornell College reports record enrollment with 200 students and strong discipline. Lisbon builds a large depot and New York House eating-house, plus growing warehouses and a brick church. Senator elect H. G. Angle expands flour mills with patent packers and plans to ship to Boston and New York. Oranges from the Society Islands reach the U.S. with a large daily wrapping effort by women and boys. A Keokuk editor suffers a serious leg injury in Quincy.
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