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Newspaper
Whitewater Register
Location
Whitewater, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1857
Page
2
A garbled excerpt debates taxation and representation with emphasis on black suffrage. It cites Chief Justice Tuatice and criticizes discrimination, arguing a Black person should vote based on rights and law, while warning against racist influence and urging informed public participation.
The piece accuses the National Democracy of extensive fraud in Kansas and alleges Governor Walker and Pro-Slavery officials aided the scheme. It cites claims of soldiers voting in Kickapoo, inflated Leavenworth turnout, and ballot irregularities. The author questions official tolerance and predicts continued confrontation over election results.
The paper details Republican gains in Pennsylvania Ohio Wisconsin and Indiana with large majorities and legislative victories. It notes possible Minnesota results and reports on Kansas and a cautionary piece on Madisons thefts. It also covers a Democratic Reform meeting in Milwaukee and critiques the Free Democrat editorials while referencing figures like Bishford and Kilbourn.
The passage argues the Milwaukee News may be hoping for success by predicting citizens will face double or triple taxation next year or two. It doubts such "gold dream" of tax increases will materialize as people resist higher levies.
A letter charges state officials with illegal fees on swamp land sales at Madison. It claims the land commissioners overcharged 1.25 dollars per 40 acre lot, violating chapter 24, section 54 of the revised statutes. The writer asserts 50 cent fees should have been paid, noting two million acres in play and potential fees of 62,500 versus 856,000 in illicit gains. The piece contrasts clerk fees on tax land redemption and names officials such as D W Jones, C Kuehn, and V Kam R Smith, urging contest of the charges.
A Charleston Mercury letter from Septem ber 23 claims the Constitutional Convention will overwhelmingly protect slavery and submit the Constitution to the people while at least twenty five members oppose submission. The author notes unity on slavery, calls for South support against National Democracy, and laments divided Northern papers. Election returns show Ohio Republican success, Minnesota still unsettled, Iowa leaning, and Minnesota Lake State referenced.
The article denounces Democratic outrages tied to the Kansas elections and Baltimore protests, noting Know Nothing influence, anti Catholic sentiment, and suppression of immigrant voters. It accuses the Democratic legislature of restricting suffrage to U.S. citizens, disenfranchising German and Irish residents, while urging federal authorities to permit soldiers to vote in the territory.
The Chicago Journal reports a devastating morning fire in Chicago on the 19th at 4 o'clock in a four story brick building at 732, 133 East Water Street. Flames spread rapidly aided by west wind, threatening the Lake Street block and major stores including Barnum Brothers, Shay’s, and Cooke & Co. Losses total substantial and several firesmen and citizens are injured or killed, with five bodies recovered by 1 pm including John B. Dickey and Peter Kitwin.
Fragmentary ledger style text lists names such as Mathias Marsh and Bradley the jeweler alongside insurers and a large sum insured. It then shifts to an 19th century steamship Europe timetable, European crisis implications, and general market and political rumors from London, Paris, and Vienna with mentions of Liege, Prussia, and mutinies in India. The jumble covers insurance totals, ship arrivals, and speculative economic activity across Europe and Asia.
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