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Newspaper
Weekly Times
Location
Dubuque, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1859
Page
2
A sprawling missive lampoons Harper’s Magazine and A Dovans while praising Gaster and Wm. Brack as rivals. The piece traces political arguments about Western Territory governance, Slavery, and the 1787 Ordinance, then sketches local reactions as editors, readers, and parties respond with loud lamentations and warnings about future elections.
The telegraph reports the death of John Y. Mason in Paris on the 8th inst at age sixty. Mason, a Virginian by birth and education, held many offices including New Jersey? No, Virginia senator? He served in the Legislature in 1829, in the Convention to revise the Constitution, Representative in Congress, circuit and district court judgeships, Secretary of the Navy in Tyler and Polk administrations, Attorney General, and Minister to France under Pierce and Buchanan. His long public career and social and political appeal are noted amid discussions of a potential succession and political maneuvering surrounding his post in Paris.
The article recounts a notorious Kansas abolitionist figure Osgetomie Brown and details Missouri Whigs nominating Edward Bates for president, urging unity with opponents to form a coalition with the Republican Party. It notes Bates’s contested stance on slavery and calls for a clear public declaration of anti slavery positions.
Report discusses a disturbance near Harper's Ferry with a four mile farm rendezvous linked to an expected death penalty for a man and his son. Democratic papers blame Republicans for insurrection while Republicans condemn the Harper's Ferry mob and reject spreading evil into new territories.
A ballot‑draft aimed at Newton in Jasper county urged farmers and laborers to vote Democratic. Signed by thirty-nine, the flyer mixed Republicans and Democrats, circulated in Jesper, Marshall, Tama and other counties. The originator, a precocious politician, faces criticism for the deceptive tactic.
The text reports Republican majorities across Minnesota counties with a total of 2,716 in all counties except seven, notes a 1857 Republican lead of 16, and mentions a Sandatate cave down as 6 with a given figure of 64 for Howme- Urleans and a Democrats majority of 2, with a 30 majority on fanttouen.
A lengthy Herald piece analyzes Democratic hopes and defeats in 1860. It argues Democrats had superior candidates and organizing advantages in Ohio, Pennsylvania, Minnesota, and Iowa but were crushed, blaming public distaste for congressional intervention and anti slave moves. It critiques party honesty and records since 1852, contrasting with Republicans building a future.
Full returns from sixty six Ohio counties show Desarsox, Republican candidate for Governor, ahead by 14,000. The Cincia meni Gasette estimates that remaining counties will lift his total to 16,009.
Late returns from the Southwest indicate the Seventh Senatorial District comprising Page Tremont Mills and Montgomery counties elected Hawiar Republican, yielding a 24 to 19 Republican advantage. The result surpasses prior expectations and strengthens Republican control in the Senate.
A Tuesday convening in Chicago gathered delegates from Illinois Wisconsin Iowa Minnesota Ohio and Indiana at the First Baptist Church to discuss evangelical duty to support tract societies. Officers named include President Henry D Ritchell and Vice Presidents Henry M Storrs and S B S Greeley with several Secretaries. The proceedings indicate moves toward a National Tract Society replacing the American Tract Society and linking cotton interests with tract work. Also noted is a Kentucky Republican state convention planned in Covington on the 16th and a comment on Kentucky representation at a future national convention. Finally Beepenicxs Senate term confusion is mentioned alongside a Lecompton era discussion.
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