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Ongoing story from Kansas.
Continued from January 24 (reply #120)
Nicole Etcheson, "Bleeding Kansas: Contested Liberty in the Civil War Era"
48 posted on
03/04/2016 4:47:29 AM PST by
Homer_J_Simpson
("Every nation has the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))
To: Homer_J_Simpson
LOL at “... that ninney, Frank Pierce ...”. Who says politics used to be civil?
49 posted on
03/04/2016 5:49:44 AM PST by
Tax-chick
(I'm going to be an optimist about this.)
To: Homer_J_Simpson
I think we can say with some confidence that, despite it's name, the Gettysburg Republican Compiler is actually a Democrat pro-slavery, anti-abolitionist paper, as illustrated by the following piece:
Note that the Compiler is here quoting favorably a Vermont
Democratic paper's comments criticizing the New York Tribune's pro-abolitionist opinions.
So we might well surmise here that media bias is not an invention of our own age... ;-)
The Gettysburg Republican Compiler:
The explanation of how a pro-Democrat rag could carry the name Republican is doubtless that when the paper was first printed, circa 1819, it was in support of Jefferson's Democratic Republican party.
54 posted on
03/07/2016 6:47:28 AM PST by
BroJoeK
(a little historical perspective...)
To: Homer_J_Simpson
As the nation's political machinery gears up for its November 1856 election, we can see an interesting early development in Harrisburg, PA.
Note the top name listed as nominated for President.
We may see that name again...
The Gettysburg Adams Sentinal
I'm not certain yet of the Sentinal's political leanings.
They seem pretty down-the-middle.
55 posted on
03/07/2016 6:59:06 AM PST by
BroJoeK
(a little historical perspective...)
To: Homer_J_Simpson
And in international news:
- Note the name of the steamer arriving in New York.
We may see that name again.
- The Paris Peace Conference referenced here is for the Crimean War.
Russians will not be happy with the results, and needless to say, Mr. Putin disregards them altogether.
- Not clear what "excitement in England" or "tidings of the Pacific" were all about.
- Finally, we might note that whole regiments of British troops moving to Canada would be a matter of great concern to a United States whose army then was circa 15,000 total, most scattered in small posts out west.
The Gettysburg, PA, Adams Sentinal
56 posted on
03/07/2016 7:11:52 AM PST by
BroJoeK
(a little historical perspective...)
To: Homer_J_Simpson
And finally, it's most astonishing to learn that even in the days before Anthropogenic Global Warming and Climate Change, not all their weather was perfectly mild and predictable.
This article tells of some pretty severe weather and damage in St. Louis, Missouri:
The Gettysburg Republican Compiler:
57 posted on
03/07/2016 7:19:15 AM PST by
BroJoeK
(a little historical perspective...)
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Nicole Etcheson, "Bleeding Kansas: Contested Liberty in the Civil War Era"
64 posted on
03/12/2016 5:55:31 AM PST by
Homer_J_Simpson
("Every nation has the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))
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