Continued from February 2 (reply #14) .
Nicole Etcheson, Bleeding Kansas: Contested Liberty in the Civil War Era
* “The affairs of Kansas, which have engrossed a large share of public attention during the month over which our Record extends, appear to be approaching a crisis.”
“Apart from Kansas and Nicaragua, the most important measures before Congress have been the bills for the Admission of Minnesota into the Union under the Constitution duly framed and transmitted to Congress; and the bill for the increase of the army.”
“Dispatches and letters from the army in Utah have been received up to the middle of December.”
“In England the chief topic of public interest has been the approaching marriage of the Princess Royal with Prince Frederick William of Prussia which was to be celebrated on the 25th of January.” [As we have seen, Harper's Weekly Magazine scooped the monthly magazine by reporting on the wedding in their February 27 issue.]
“An attempt was made on the evening of January 14th to assassinate the Emperor of France.”
“A terrible earthquake occurred in the kingdom of Naples on the 16th of December, occasioning a fearful loss of life..”
“The Russian government has authorized the nobles of certain provinces to prepare a plan for the gradual emancipation of their serfs.”
“The Indian mutiny has assumed the aspect of a regular war in the kingdom of Oude, the latest acquisition of the British, where the disciplined army of the late King forms a nucleus around which are gathering the fragments of the insurgents defeated and driven from other parts of India.”
Continued from February 2 (reply #14) .
Nicole Etcheson, Bleeding Kansas: Contested Liberty in the Civil War Era
Look at the home page today, what a horrible magazine it is today. Did you know there were 30 mass shootings this year? wow..