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  1. The Southern Press
    date May 25, 1849map PICKENS, South Carolinatags Economy, Government, Politics

    The Keowee Courier published Senator Butler's contention that shocked the local town of South Carolina that the Southern Press was not to be found in the North. His statement read that not a Southern newspaper is to be seen in a large newspaper reading room in Washington D.C. Finally, the Courier insisted that Southerners must open their eyes to the truth and tyranny of the North. The way to counteract...

  2. Speech of Benjamin C. Yancey
    date December 13, 1848 to December 13, 1855map EDGEFIELD, South Carolinatags Economy, Education, Government, Law, Politics, Migration/Transportation, Urban-Life/Boosterism

    The bank of United States had been extremely controversial but South Carolina had chartered a state bank in 1812 for 22 years and then re-charted it. During debates for the December Legislative session, several people, including the governor, presented their opinions to defend the bank. Benjamin Yancey, after summarizing the previous remarks, passionately defended the bank. He provided a brief history...

  3. Jefferson Davis Addresses Free States
    date January 5, 1863map RICHMOND, Virginiatags Government, Law, Politics, Race-Relations, Slavery, War

    The people of the Union heard from a defiant Jefferson Davis on January 5, 1863. Northern leaders had degraded you and themselves, he criticized, by inviting the co-operation of the black race with Abraham Lincoln's proclamation freeing slaves in the Confederacy and inviting them into the North's army and navy. Just before, the Union had been condemning the South for seeking the intervention of the...

  4. Debate Over State Debt
    date March 24, 1871 to March 27, 1871map RICHMOND, Virginiatags Government, Law, Politics, Urban-Life/Boosterism

    Why should Virginians have to bear the entire debt? Zephaniah Turner raised this question repeatedly before the House of Delegates in Richmond. In the eyes of Turner, West Virginians were just as responsible for payment as Virginians, seeing as how the debt had existed before dismemberment of the state. Turner blasted Virginia's political representatives for rattling on about preserving honor when...

  5. Reaction to the death of John C. Calhoun
    date April 12, 1850map PICKENS, South Carolinatags Government, Politics

    It was a solemn scene to witness wrote the Keowee Courier on April 1st, 1850. One of the greatest political figures of the 19th century had just died and the atmosphere surrounding his death was incredible. Both Chambers were crowded to overflowing, and the stillness that pervaded the vast assemblage told plainly that some great calamity had happened to the country. Calhoun, born in Abbeville in 1782,...

  6. The California Bill
    date August 30, 1850map PICKENS, South Carolinatags African-Americans, Economy, Government, Law, Politics, Migration/Transportation, Slavery

    Following the death of John C. Calhoun, Congress passed a bill concerning the admission of California as a state. The bill, classified as unfair to the Southern cause by the Keowee Courier, was protested by Southern senators in particular Senator Badger. The Courier reflected on the prudence of how to protect Southern rights within the senate proceedings. Concerns were expressed regarding what the...

  7. The Changing Nature of the Institution of Slavery
    date March 12, 1857map Washington City, District of Columbiatags African-Americans, Church/Religious-Activity, Economy, Government, Law, Politics, Migration/Transportation, Race-Relations, Urban-Life/Boosterism

    In the Supreme Court case of Dred Scott v. Sandford, Chief Justice Roger Taney delivered the opinion of the court, concluding that people of African decent, whether or not they were bound by slavery or free, could never become citizens of the United States and furthermore, that Congress had no right to create or administer territories. It was also the opinion of the Court that the Constitution could...

  8. Prospectus for 1850
    date December 13, 1849map Washington City, District of Columbiatags Education, Government, Law, Politics, Urban-Life/Boosterism

    During the antebellum period newspapers frequently published editorials that prophesized the events to come. These special prospectuses gave readers a direct insight into the minds of the editors by outlining their principles and beliefs. The National Era was a weekly abolitionist newspaper and the editor of the paper, Mr. Bailey, was interested in publishing literary ideas as well as developments...

  9. Blood in the Streets
    date January 7, 1847map Washington City, District of Columbiatags Crime/Violence, Government, Law, Politics, Urban-Life/Boosterism, War

    Contrary to popular belief, the Civil War was not an instantaneous outbreak of violence. The years leading up to the affair were full of bargains, compromises, and violent encounters that transcended both racial and societal lines. On January 7, 1847, many newspapers distributed articles focusing on the ongoing war with Mexico. The dispute increased social and political unrest back east, and the decision...

  10. The Ball continues in motion
    date September 1, 1849map PICKENS, South Carolinatags Government, Politics

    Controversy surrounding the Wilmot Proviso built up in 1848 and 1849. A Southern paper, the Keowee Courier, denounced the Proviso and called it unconstitutional and against the spirit of the union. However, according to the paper, Northern Democrats were beginning to unite against the proviso. It will be a glorious day for the Republic when the people of the States determine to unite upon and permanently...

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