Ride of the One Hundred Fremonts in California War Tale
The narrative recalls 1847 events in Alta California with Commodore Stockton and Gen. Kearney, detailing Manuel Castro’s plot, Vallejo and Vallejo’s Rancho, and a dramatic cavalry raid led by Fremont. The pursuit crossed San Pablo to Yerba Buena, ending with a decisive American victory and Castro and Pico retreating south as U.S. forces strengthened.
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Kit Carson
San Pablo
Monterey
Josepha
Hartz
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Jackson warned Polk against Buchanan as a faulty choice
Washington correspondence in the Evening Post recounts Gen. Jackson advising Polk to exclude Buchanan from his cabinet. Polk ignored him, offering Buchanan the secretary of state post. Armstrong relayed Jackson’s stern warning, and Polk later faced Jackson’s prescient distrust of Buchanan.
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Buchanan
Washington
N. Y. Evening Post
Nashville
White House
Polk
Robert Armstrong
Hermitage
Statesman
Pennsylvania
Arstrong
Descriptive Protest Aimed at James Buchan Withering Critique
Col Benton describes James Buchan of Pennsylvania in sharp terms during discussion before the Cincinnati Convention. He denounces Buchan as a “tallowrag sir” with “belly and some braest” unfit for leadership, claiming he can only “nurse babies” or be brought to his milk.
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Col
Benton
James Buchannan
Pennsylvania
Wooster
J. A Marchand
Democrat Foreman & Johnson
Sooster Republicas
Election Day Set For First Tuesday After First Monday
The passage fixes the election day for choosing electors to the presidency and vice presidency as the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November. This year it falls on the 4th day of the month.
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United States
Judge Story opposed slavery expansion in public life
The biography notes Judge Story’s strong early stance against slavery expansion, including a Salem town meeting speech supporting federal prohibition of slavery in all territories and excluding new slaveholding states unless slavery was abolished. It cites his constitutional arguments and moral principles aligned with liberty and law.
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Judge Story
Charles Sumner
Missouri
Salem
United States
Winthrops
Choates
Kansas
Joseph Story
Sumner
Randolph
Virginia
Texas
Washington
Boston
House of Representatives
Nero
Rome
Massachusetts
Buchanan Nomination Faces Trouble and Backlash
The New York Post critiques Buchanan's nomination noting expectations of broad support fail to materialize. It argues his past and the Breckenridge ticket ally undermine him and that the platform itself may doom his candidacy.
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Cincinnati
New York Post
Radical Democracy
Buchanan
Breckenridge
Buchanan weakest in national race say readers
The Lonsville Journal argues to readers that Buchanan is the weakest among three candidates. It claims in the North he cannot win any state and that the real contest is between Fillmore and Tremont, with Southern votes split between Buchanan and Fremont if Fillmore is opposed.
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Lonsville Journal
Fillmore
Buchanan
Ul Tremont
Jobno. Fremont
Letter accepting Col. Fremont nomination for president
A Philadelphia convention in June 1856 nominates John C. Fremont for U S president and forwards a formal acceptance letter. Fremont pledges national unity, open foreign policy, free soil action, and adherence to constitutional liberty, while rejecting expansion of slavery and endorsing Kansas as a Free State.
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John Co. Fremont
Philadelpia
Sim
Philadelphia
United States
Savery
Free Territory
Kansas
Washington
Weffernen
People of the Union
H. 8. Lane
James M Ashley Anthony J Bleeker
Josrera C. Hosn Blower
KE. R. Hoar Ta Happ
Deus Stevens
Kinastey
Brnagam
Joan A
Wel
Fk. Clevenann
Creus Aldrich
John C. Fremont
California
South
Congress
Union
J.C Fremont
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James M. Ashley
Anthony J Bleecker
Jos. C. Hornblower
Buchanan Leaders Urged To Echo Ten Cents A Day Cry
The Louisville Journal argues that Buchanan leaders should rally working men with the slogan ten cents a day, noting it would not stir crowds as the 1840 cry two dollars a day and roast beef did.
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Louisville Journal
Removal of the National Capital and its location debate
The article argues for relocating the National Capital from Washington to a central, neutral site. It criticizes the climate, security, and political dynamics of Washington, calling it proslavery and unstable, while urging a permanent, central capital to better serve the nation and ensure equal standing for Free States. It cites summer heat, scattered offices, and transient society as deficiencies.
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Potomac
Paris
France
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Britain
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White House
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Virginia
Capitol
Atlantic
Pacific
Richmond
Charleston
J. Timex
Hidden testimony guarded by farmer and wife in Kansas
Washington correspondent reports Border Ruffians planned to seize and destroy trial evidence in Kansas. To shield it, a farmer and his wife hid the manuscript in a leaded-ash box with straw and a hen's nest, alongside about two thousand dollars in gold, while a duplicate was prepared and stored at the Fort under Col. Sumner's charge.
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Zimes
Kansas
Robinson
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Nessis
Howard
Sherman
Col. Sumner
Buchanan Quote Haunts 1837 Lancaster County Tale
Anthony McGlinn recalls James Buchanan delivering a controversial line If I thought I had a drop of Democratic blood in my veins and could let it out. McGinn reports the incident as a rash remark during a Federalist meeting in Lancaster County noting he stopped supporting Buchanan afterward The letter cites other witnesses and coverage in multiple papers of the era.
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Jas Buchanan
Incinnati
Lancaster Union
Philadelphia Inquirer
Union
Hartford Courant
Peter Swindler
Buchanan
Lancaster
Lycarr
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Democratic Party
Mr Buchanan
Anthony McGlinn
Hamlin Kin Turns Republican in Bangor Rally Speech
The brother of Senator Hamlin of Maine, long a Whiz, now a Republican, presided at a Bangor ratification meeting. Hamlin spoke, noting an unexpected political accord as both brothers align on a broad Union platform with the Declaration and Constitution as guiding principles.
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Integestina
Hamlin
Maine
Bangor
Whig Party
Democratic Party
Union
German papers by Union support by state counts
The Cincinnati Volksblatt lists German papers in the Union by political tendency. It shows 15 Fremont dailies and 34 Fremont weeklies in Free States and Territories, totaling 45, plus 15 Fremont dailies and 1 weekly in Slave States.
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Cincinnati Volksblatt
Free States
Territories
Fremont
Slave States
Political WisdoM and Slavery Policy Debate Echoes
The Buchanan platform bars territorial residents from rejecting slavery until state constitution formation, echoing a old Leaming Post quip about doors and roars. The comment asserts real strength is proven through hardship rather than easy progress for both men and women.
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Buchanan
Bes The Maple Trees Deluge of Sunshine
A vivid autumn scene describes maple trees shedding golden light like a flood over wind stirred leaves, suggesting a bright, sun drenched moment in the season.
Fragmented Thought on Infirmities and Spiritual Release
A reflective meditation notes bodily infirmities as breaks in the wall through which divine light enters the soul, guiding the imprisoned toward release and spiritual renewal.
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Jong
The Value of Labor and Research in Human Progress
An editorial piece argues that any theory urging man to labor and study stimulates action and perseverance, benefiting science as labor and inquiry drive discoveries and advancements.
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