Harper’s Weekly – August 14, 1858

Harper's Weekly archives ^ | August 14, 1858

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[Homer_J_Simpson]

Free Republic University, Department of History presents U.S. History, 1855-1860: Seminar and Discussion Forum
Bleeding Kansas, Dred Scott, Lincoln-Douglas, Harper’s Ferry, the election of 1860, secession – all the events leading up to the Civil War, as seen through news reports of the time and later historical accounts

First session: November 21, 2015. Last date to add: Sometime in the future.
Reading: Self-assigned. Recommendations made and welcomed. To add this class to or drop it from your schedule notify Admissions and Records (Attn: Homer_J_Simpson) by reply or freepmail.

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[Homer_J_Simpson]

Contents – 2
The Atlantic Telegraph – 2-4
Editorials – 4-6
The Lounger – 6-7
The Attack on the Pei-ho Forts, in China – 8-9
Victoria, Vancouver’s Island – 10
The Great Cricket Match at Hoboken – 11-12
My First-Born – 11
The Atlantic Telegraph Expedition Illustration – 13-14
Pet Worms – 15
Down at the Grange – 15-18
Dream-Spinning – 18
Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell – 18-19
Little Good-For-Nothing – 19-20
Robbery – Old and New Style – 21
Female Employment-No. 1 – 22-23
Miscellany – 23-24

[Homer_J_Simpson]

Continued from August 5 (reply #10) .

Abraham Lincoln: Speeches and Writings 1832-1858, edited by Don E. Fehrenbacher

[M Kehoe]

Lincoln would have beat him hands down with MMA rules in effect.

5.56mm

[Tuketu]

Love those old “Wood Block” Prints. Have on of the Statue of Liberty construction on my wall.

[Homer_J_Simpson]

Or just about any set of rules one could name. Lincoln was unnaturally strong. Had been the wrestling champion of his town. Douglas was sickly, as well as (or because he was) a heavy smoker and drinker. Not to mention short.

[Homer_J_Simpson]

The problem of how to transfer photographs to mass printed magazines was harder than laying a cable across the Atlantic.

[Tax-chick]

I’m confused by the left-hand picture on page 25. I don’t see what’s wrong with “the lovely Miss Smith of Louisiana,” except that she appears to be levitating, rather than walking, up the stairs. Is the gentleman’s objection that she’s a ghost?

[Homer_J_Simpson]

Maybe it has to do with seeing her sans makeup with hair down and prepared for bed.

[Tax-chick]

Ladies generally didn’t wear makeup in those days, and I would think seeing her with her hair down and in her nightgown would be ... ahem ... inspirational. Did he think she would wear street clothes 24/7 when they were married?

[Tax-chick]

Re page 12, do I correctly understand that the United States defeated Canada in the cricket match by a considerable margin?

I have a FRiend here in N.C. who used to live in an apartment complex with many programmers from South Asia. They would have India vs. Pakistan cricket matches in the parking lots on weekends.

[Homer_J_Simpson]

Continued from August 14 (reply #3). According to the text this speech was drafted “c. August 1858.” The editor included in the volume after the August 14 speech posted yesterday.

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Abraham Lincoln: Speeches and Writings 1832-1858, edited by Don E. Fehrenbacher

[Homer_J_Simpson]

Continued from July 6 (reply #6) . Davis’s letter to the Jackson Mississippian described in second paragraphed was published on this date.

William J. Cooper, Jr., Jefferson Davis, American

[Homer_J_Simpson]

Continued from July 29 (reply #9, first excerpt).

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Allen C. Guelzo, Lincoln and Douglas: The Debates that Defined America

[colorado tanker]

Well, this hasn't changed much in 150 years. Any Democrat who crosses the fire eaters can expect instant denunciation.

I offer Alan Dershowitz as Exhibit A.

[Homer_J_Simpson]

Continued from August 18 (reply #14).

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Allen C. Guelzo, Lincoln and Douglas: The Debates that Defined America

[Homer_J_Simpson]

Continued from August 12 (reply #14).

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Allen C. Guelzo, Lincoln and Douglas: The Debates that Defined America