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CLEVELAND NEWSPAPER DIGEST JAN. 1 TO DEC. 31. 1856
Abstracts 3816 - 3817
UNITED STATES TERRITORIES & POSSESSIONS - (Cont'd)
men, who constitute a large majority of its population, maintain a calm and
determined front, very few slaves will be taken there, while there will be
a rapid accession to their strength by the right sort of immigration. (7)
3816 - L Dec. 11; ed:2/2 - There is not even one fusionist elected to the
Nebraska legislature. The animal is not known there. There is not a
voter in the territory in favor of making it a slave state.
The editor of the NEBRASKA NEWS was defeated, not on any such grounds
as stated, but simply because he was personally unpopular.
The PLAIN DEALER says: "We were perfectly aware that no consistent
free state men were to be found in the Egyptian ranks but did not know
that the LEADER would own it." (3)
3817 - L Dec. 19; ed:2/l - The want of all reverence for either God or true
religion, which is an important element in the border-ruffian liquor-drinking
ballot-defiling Democracy, is notorious. These tender souled gentlemen
have taken occasion to give the public a striking illustration of this
in their attempt to muzzle the pulpit which has become of late rather
outspoken in its condemnation of moral corruption, even when found in
politics. (15)
See also Political Campaigns & Elections; Political Parties; Politics &
Government; Sectionalism; Westward Movement
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