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Newspaper
Whitewater Register
Location
Whitewater, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1860
Page
2
The Elkhorn gathering should nominate honest capable men for county offices and not weak or merely clever ones. Support for John F. Potter and a strong full Republican turnout is urged, with party unity and no post convention bickering.
The piece endorses Luther Hanchett as the Republican standard bearer for Congress in the Second District. It notes James H. Howe declining a Third District bid and hints Timothy O Howe might run. The column also lightly critiques Pomp Carpenter and mocks dialect in commentary while urging crowd gathering as a campaign tactic.
The Wisconsin First Congressional District should re nominate Jno. F. Potter for a third term. The piece urges vigorous Republican organizing, calls Potter a honest capable representative, and warns against complacency risking a Democratic defeat influenced by money and anti Free Speech forces.
Gov. Seward will address Wisconsin Republicans in Madison on Wednesday September 12. The crowd is expected to be immense and attendees are urged to bring eatables due to limited feeding options in Madison. Beriah Brown's Peoples Press criticizes John F Potter's congressional bid, arguing for stronger grounds against re election.
Correspondent reports a journey from Albert Lea in Freeborn County to Emmett and Estherville in Iowa, noting hotel jail use, lakes and chains, timber, prairies, and abundant wildlife. Describes Blue Earth Valley, Blue Earth City, and early county-growth plans with Emmet County institutions and swamp-land funded projects, plus political opinions.
The notice reviews a 256 page political text book by Horace Greeley and John F Cleaveland issued by the Tribune Association. It highlights Lincoln Bell Douglas Cass and Everett speeches and predicts wide circulation. It quotes the publisher offering the volume for one dollar and urges local purchase.
A Wisconsin newspaper recounts Democratic attempts in Indiana to hinder Carl Schurz by deploying rival speakers and noisy disruptions aimed at keeping Germans from hearing him. A window was struck by a thrown object injuring P. P. Bailey, and similar threats against Republican German speaker Guide Eye were reported.
In 1818 at a Washington county camp meeting Ray Jacob Gruber preached against slavery. Chief Justice Taney defended Gruber saying there is no law to punish him and liberty to publish opinions on the topic. He warned of evils of slavery and urged gradual abolition as a national duty. Tus Fuses discusses fusion of parties with Providence Journal opinion.
In Indianapolis the Republican Mass Meeting drew an estimated eight thousand marchers and the largest political gathering in state history. Speakers included Tom Corvin Frank Blais Lenny Lane and other party leaders addressing the crowd.
Potter and Arnold plan a joint discussion tour across Whitewater Waukesha Kenosha Racine and Milwaukee in late September or early October. The article notes local welcome and outlines other political updates including nominations by N S abolitionists Democrats and Republicans and a drowning incident in Manitowoc.
A Madison Journal paragraph mocks Albany reports about Douglas strength at a Mal ion torchlight event, noting no Fremont presence in this city and predicting Lincoln gains as Buchanan voters shift. A Kenosha County arson claim is also noted with a Wheatland farmer’s wheat stacks burned.
Fragmented OCR listing agricultural items and building materials with garbled terms. Key readable entries include flour and winter wheat, plus references to oats potatoes chickens wood lumber shingles and maple.
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