Outrage in Mangas as Emigrants Seized by US Troops
A Kansas Territory dispatch reports 250 emigrants led by Eldridge from Lawrence to Nebraska City crossed into Kansas on October 10. US troops halted, searched wagons, seized arms and powder, and arrested 350 men, women, and children. Governor Geary's protective letter was ignored amid claims of a pirate-like invasion.
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Missouri River
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Jane. W. Geary
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Andrew Stark
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Ottowa Company
Woorisale Measures In Kansas Arrest Warrants Rise
Governor Geary has issued 418 warrants up to September 26 for the arrest of Free State men in Kansas charged at random with felonies. Most fled the territory to avoid arrest. The charges stem from Civil War era raids in the region.
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Geary
Kansas
Polarized North and South rally for Fremont bid
In a sweeping call aligned with the 1856 election, the Republican voice urges a Fremont ticket to defeat the Buchanan Pierce Democracy. It underscores a national majority against the Pierce administration, urges six states to unite behind Fremont, and details fundraising and aid plans for Kansas settlers, including a national committee in Chicago and a central Kansas group coordinating relief.
Border-Ruffian plight mocks church and pulpit role
The Cincinnati Inquirer cites a cynic’s view on Republican zeal hurting religion. It claims patriots drag clergy into politics, driving worshipers to home prayer and family devotions as fights over Salt River questions unfold.
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Maine election disunion issue framed by Democrats
The Louisville Democrat cites John S. Wells stating if Fremont is elected the South secedes and the North Democrats side with Republicans, arguing Maine voters rebuked the Disunion stance. It claims a 24,600 majority against the Disunion Buchanan ticket, with Whig votes included reaching 31,800.
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Fremont
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Buchanan
M. Y. Courter & Eng
Extract of a speech by John Randolph on Missouri admission
The excerpt presents Randolph’s inflammatory remarks during the 1820 Missouri question debate. He claims we do not rule free state residents with our black slaves but rely on their white slaves, asserts conquest over opponents, and declares intent to press them to the wall and nail them down.
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Virginia
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Norreern Doval
John Randolph
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The
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Testimony of a Virginia Slave Owner in Kansas
A pasted letter from the Richmond Whig (October 9) records a Virginian slave owner in Kansas denouncing Free State testimony as false, describing Missouri invaders at polls, presses destroyed, mass expulsions in Leavenworth, and killings. The author praises free state settlers and calls for arresting national agitators while warning of imminent civil war.
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Whig
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Norie
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Capitol
God Save the Commonwealth
Verity
Fusion and Fillmore Leaders in Pennsylvania Tactics
The Philadelphia Pennsylvanian blasts the Fillmore party in Pennsylvania as scheming insieme. It accuses crafty leaders of trading Fillmore stock for a Fremont alliance to swing eastern counties and appease Southern factions while backing a fusion negro amalgamation ticket in November. The piece argues this move betrays Buchanan and exposes deliberate political maneuvering.
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Buchanan
Union
Fillmore Party
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Fremont
Jefferson Davis letter to South Carolina hosts Brooks dinner
Washington message from Jefferson Davis regrets attending a public dinner in the Fourth District honoring Representative P. S. Brooks. He expresses sympathy with Dickinson and the Carolina sons welcoming a brother accused of vilification and persecution for defending his mother’s reputation. Signed by Jefferson Davis and associates.
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Fourth Congressional District
P. S. Brooks
Fourth District
South Carolina
Carolina
Sam
Jefferson Dais
Ant Tour Simpson
James Gillam
Fremont Elector Nickerson Responds to Paper Attack
Wm. P. Nickerson denounces a Dover newspaper for calling his Fremont Electoral Ticket nomination a “practical joke.” He defends his honesty, rejects Democratic subterfuge, and affirms his candidacy as chosen by a respected state group amid tension over editorials.
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Fremont
Fremont Party
Wm. P. Nickerson
Fear and politics split Pennsylvania by county lines
The Albany Evening Journal notes how eight western counties vote like Western New York for Freedom, four Ohio-border counties align with Ohio, and seven southern tier counties favor Virginia and Maryland on Slavery. Freemont leads Lancaster Crawford Pittsburgh. Buchanan gains Luzerne Northumberland Schuylkill Cambria Philadelphia Pike. The piece cites rural institutions as Freemont advocates and a five dollar bill as Buchanan’s campaign document.
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New York
Ohio
Virginia
Maryland
New Jersey
Delaware
Freedom
Enlightenment
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Fremont
Crawford
Pittsburgh
Luzerne
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Schuylkill
Buchanan
Cambris
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Alb
Eve. Journal
Political rumor and labor strike linked in Indiana election tale
An affidavit claims Judge Hammond discussed bringing 600 Irish workers to Tippecanoe county to influence the election. The Louisville Journal notes mass discharge of canal workers in Floyd county and an uptick in votes, suggesting a connection between labor shifts and the vote.
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Tippecanoe County
Lafayette Journal
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Floyd County
Indiana
Louisville Journal
Letter on Slave State Expansion Prospects in 80 New States
A letter writer outlines possibilities for a new slave state map under a President, proposing multiple additions from Kansas Nebraska Texas Washington Northwest Territory Indian Territory New Mexico Utah Minnesota South Carolina Cubs and predicting 80 additional slave states overall.
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Nebraska
Texas
Washington
Northwest Territory
Indian Ter
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Utah
Minnesota
South
Caroline
Cubs
One Vote Powers a Nation in the Presidential Race
The Daily Times argues one vote can sway elections and urges readers to back the Republican candidate. It recalls Marcus Morton and Texas annexation to show how a single ballot altered history, citing Edward A Hannegan and Madison Marsh as examples of pivotal votes.
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Massachusetts
Texas
United States
United States Senate
Edward A Hannegan
Indiana
Hannegan
Madison Marsh
Stanton County
Daily Times
The Western Reserve Vote Chronicle Note
The Western Reserve is praised as a garden spot of God's world with strong intelligence and liberty. It asserts the reserve could yield a 20,000 majority for Fremont and Dayton, noting last Tuesday's vote roughly as reported though some figures are unofficial.
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Fremont
Diyton
California Petition Seeks Resignation of Suspicious Congressman
Herbert, a U.S. Congressman accused of shooting an Irish waiter in Washington last winter, arrived in San Francisco aboard the last steamer. A St Nicholas Hotel committee presented a petition signed by over two thousand citizens urging resignation and warning him not to make California his residence again, saying his actions damaged the state's reputation.
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Congress
Washington
San Francisco
St. Nicholas Hotel
National Capitol
California
Cain
Massillon Ga
Lover’s Niagara trip ends in comic divorce tale
A young merchant marries after falling for a woman with a "splendid figure." They travel to Niagara via New York and stay at the St Nicholas. The husband returns from a bath to find his wife transformed into a living bed post, prompting him to declare the match a poor bargain and they return home in disappointment.
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Niagara
New York
St. Nicholas
Niaga- Ta
Union Party Ticket Tactics and Kansas Arrest Outrage
State Committees of the Union party in Pennsylvania meet in Philadelphia to agree on an electoral ticket with twenty six common names. Fremont and Fillmore factions to place their own leader at the head of their tickets. A Kansas incident reports 250 peaceful emigrants arrested by government troops with death threats. Ohio and other states denounced. Publication notes from the New York press.
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