The Milwaukee Main Meeting and Wisconsin Platform
The Milwaukee convention produced resolutions forming a Wisconsin Republican platform. The editor disputes key points defending federal power over slavery and argues for state sovereignty, warning against collapsing state rights to federal control. The piece critiques abolitionist rhetoric in Portage City and defends the Republican stance while noting the convention’s mixed representation.
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Milwaukee
Gerrit Smith
Sentinel
Wisconsin
Kansas-Nebraska
Kansas
Free Territory
United States Supreme Court
United States
Hertby
U.S
Padua
Congress
U.S. Supreme Court
Republic
Philadelphia
Massachusetts Governor Gardner In Nomination Deadlock
The article notes factional stalemate among parties in Massachusetts over nominating Governor Gardner. It mentions the Republican effort to nominate another candidate and Know-Nothing pushes to oppose them. It suggests Mix Banks may be a compromise candidate, while internal threats of expulsion loom and unity remains elusive.
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Mageachusetts
Cannell
Gardner
Speaker Baule
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Porter's Spirit of the Tunes and Flora Temple Reference
A fragment from Porter's Spirit of the Tunes highlights Flora Temple the famous mare and the Union Course record on Sept 2 1866. Also notes counterfeit two dollar bills from Farmer's Bank of Bridgeport and J S Mansfield appointed Postmaster at Delevan with expectations of efficiency.
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Flora Temple
Farmer's Bank of Bridgeport
J. Mo Mansfield
Delevan
Jssenger
Filibuster Crabbes Expedition and Utah News
A detailed column recounts Henry A. Crabbe leading a small party from Sacramento in January toward Sonora to restore Pesquari. In Alta Sonora they clash with Capt. Rodriguez’s forces, eight days of street fighting ensue, and Crabbe’s group is defeated as a burning arrow sets fires. The piece also notes Utah governor prospects, Walker and Buchanan political battles, and misc. notices about newspapers and local events.
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Henry A. Crabbe
Sacramento
California
Sonora
Mexico
Colorain
Evang
Crabbe
Silk Nisety
Cavar
Amon
Shich
Republican stance and public notices in Kansas era editorials
The piece reviews libertarian liberalism in a Kansas Free State paper, noting an auction sale of documents to cover freight and subtler funds, debates on slavery extension, and local church incidents. It covers reactions to anti slavery sermons, European arrivals, Atlantic cable modifications, and a Lexington shooting where John Clay killed Edgar in a long-standing feud.
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Wautewater
Mmyases Eptrons
Republican Party
Gerrit Smith
Silltam A. Ballwin i
Laurence Repreblican
Kansas
E. C. Delevan
Mbony
N.Y
Judge Drummond and the Mormons in Utah turmoil
A Tribune communication by Judge Drummond cites Utah tensions with Mormons. Davenport of Iowa Nebraska denies tax theft claims and recounts sheep taxes and an issued bill. A counterfeit payment threat from Chicago bankers is noted alongside remarks on 1860 presidential candidates and Fremont and Seward.
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Drummond
Tribune
Utah
Davenport
Hare
Iowa
Wawa Hin Sernel
Nebraska
Salt Lake Cuty
Salt Lake Valley
Kimball 10S
Aggessor
Wimball
Riots and arrests amid a Ward clash in early New York night
Report details a Saturday night riot in the Eleventh Ward during a police action to seize a prisoner. Officers faced a mob near the Station House, were backed by reinforcements, and another officer was stabbed with an ice pick. The piece links the ward’s crime history to Fernando Wood and notes unrest as a political fault line. A second item updates on the Chicago land claim, valued at about one and a half million dollars, now in the hands of New York figures M. H. Ford and associates pursuing title papers after years of search and plotting.
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Pepin
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New-York
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Yeater
Massrs. Forrest & Co
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Williams
Chicago
Tyiame
New York
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Metropolitan Police
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Toola
Fes
William Bermet
M. H. Ford
New York City
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