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Newspaper
Wooster Republican
Location
Wooster, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1856
Page
2
In Philadelphia the Democracy won by several thousand votes. The Filmore Americans split with an out and out Finmore ticket and were defeated. Mayor Vaux declared the win a triumph of principles over pretentious party names and pledged to restore the city from disgrace and bankruptcy.
The message reports a heated public factional clash over Pacific hostilities. General Wool, Governor Stevens, and other officials face scrutiny while calls for investigation follow a failure to coordinate troop relief and suspected breach of faith amid rising tensions.
Albany Evening Journal notes a shift in northern politics as only four Democratic Governors remain in the region. It lists Metcalf, Royce, Gardner, Hoppin, Minor, Clark, Pollock, Chaise, Bingham, Grimes, and Bashford as Anti-Administration leaders who now hold seats once held by Douglas Democrats. The piece argues the North has changed and will not revert to past rule.
Reports detail a freight train collision twelve miles east of Chicago near Beijeyville caused by track obstructions. Both engines demolished and horses killed, but no fatalities reported. A passenger train faced delays as debris and track repairs were needed, while investigators pursue the miscreant responsible for the obstruction.
The meeting adopted resolutions opposing new Slave States and Nebraska policy, favoring Kansas as a free state, and asserting suffrage should follow naturalization. It also calls for a constitutional law to curb intemperance and lists gubernatorial and state officer nominees including Morton, Baker, Dawson, Ellis, Noffsinger, Smith, Stein, Beal, Cravens, Hendricks, Parker and delegates to the Philadelphia Convention.
The Pennsylvanian is accused of pandering to the Slaveocracy over a Charleston slavery claim. The Pittsburg Gazette rebukes its remarks as vile slander and doughface politics, arguing five thousand slaves are content and loyal to masters amid intense abolitionist pressure.
In a May 2 1856 letter from Princeton Commodore Stockton rejects a New Jersey push to nominate him for president to oppose the repeal of the Missouri Compromise. He argues the move would complicate state politics and urges voters to speak without other issues.
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