Continued from March 6 (reply #21).
Don E. Fehrenbacher, The Dred Scott Case: Its Significance in American Law and Politics" (1978)
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* “The new tariff bill was adopted as a compromise between the separate bills prepared by the House and the Senate respectively.” Three House members were found guilty of corrupt practices and submitted their resignations.
The inauguration of President Buchanan is described. In his inaugural address he covered the question of slavery in the territories and the danger of the dissolution of the Union.
“The President next refers to the unexampled fact that the Government is embarrassed by a revenue largely exceeding its wants . . .”
The President argues for construction of a military [rail]road to the Pacific.
The new Cabinet members are named.
A report on the Supreme Court decision on the Dred Scott case is presented, as is a report on events in Kansas.
In GREAT BRITAIN fallout from the Crimean war continues in Parliament. Earl of Clarendon vs. Earl Grey, Mr. Disraeli vs. Lord Palmerston. Parliament also debated whether the charter of the Hudson Bay Company should be renewed.
News of FRANCE and THE EAST concludes this section.
Very interesting! Thanks for the post, Homer!
Continued from March 6 (reply #21).
Don E. Fehrenbacher, The Dred Scott Case: Its Significance in American Law and Politics" (1978)
Sheik Houssein Ibn-Egid the great sheik of HALLOWEEN???
Some comments.
guarded the Wady Mousa and exacted tribute form all who visited Petra
Petra is very likely the hiding place of the remnant of Israel who escape the soon-coming satanic Islamic World Ruler ("the beast") as spoken of in the Books of Matthew and Revelation in the Bible. The Wady Mousa and the "Treasury" of Petra have been featured in movies including "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade".
The Wady Musa is an amazingly narrow entrance and the only way into Petra. The Bible indicates that when the forces of this crazed satanic "beast" tries to follow the Jews to kill them, this narrow entrance will somehow be made inaccessible (Rev 12:14-16).
Continued from November 4, 1856 (reply #23). (Letter from Ellen Sherman to her mother referenced in footnotes 8 and 10 written on this date in 1857.)
James Lee McDonough, William Tecumseh Sherman: In the Service of My Country, A Life
April 7. Journal sorely neglected of late, but I have been working night after night well into the small hours. The Senate passed Brooks’s second substitute (not the Hawks plan) 19 to 12, at two this morning. Very bad. I hoped we should escape a vote against us by indefinite postponement, but Thurlow Weed is omnipotent. I can’t see how we can prevent his forcing the bill straight through the legislature. However, Mr. Ruggles in his letter of yesterday predicted it could not get through the legislature.
The Diary of George Templeton Strong, Edited by Allan Nevins and Milton Halsey Thomas
Continued from December 23, 1856 (Reply #59)
Douglas Southall Freeman, Lee, an abridgement by Richard Harwell
As of 1857 immigration is souring, exports exploding, the economy is booming and banks are loaning money hand-over-fist to build more infrastructure.
Railroad stock prices are going up & up, the sky's the limit, right?
So if you want to get in on a good thing, friends, now would be a good time to buy... hi-tech railroad stocks.
Oh yeh, that's the ticket.
You might enjoy the lead article on this thread. It is by a gentleman touring the Holy Land in 1857, during Ottoman rule.