April 1858

Harper's Magazine archives (subscription required) ^ | April 1858

[Homer_J_Simpson]

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

[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.

Link to previous thread

[Homer_J_Simpson]

Monthly Record of Current Events – 2-6*
Editor’s Drawer – 7-18
Private Galleries.-1. Collection of Moses Levi, Esq. – 19-20
Fashions for April – 21-22

* Kansas, Kansas, Kansas

“The bill for the increase of the Army, . . .was finally rejected, by a vote of 25 to 16.”

“Senator Houston offered resolutions in favor of establishing a protectorate over Mexico and Central America, which after debate were laid on the table.”

From Utah, a grim report of a winter journey made by army troops under Captain Marcy from Ft. Bridger to Taos, NM. “The Grand Jury of the United States District Court have found bills of indictment for treason against Brigham Young, Heber C. Kimball, and eighteen others specifically named, besides a great number of persons whose name are not known to the jury.”

“Dr. Livingstone has set out on another expedition to the interior of Africa.”

[novemberslady]

Thank you for these threads

Happy Easter & safe travels to everyone.

[Homer_J_Simpson]

Continued from January 9 (reply #3).

1

2

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

[RealVirginia]

I always lurk on these threads. Thanks for posting.

[bigbob]

From the “Monthly Record of Current Events” to today’s 24 hour cable news cycle...

Not sure it’s progress but it sure is amazing!

[John 3_19-21]

Thank you for posting this valuable text.

Though hard to read in it's current (1858) vernacular, the incite these scripts provide for posterity of the political manipulation, and haranguing that led to the war between the states is enlightening.

[rockrr]

Thanks for posting this. I find myself fascinated by the machinations at play here.

[DoodleDawg]

bfl

[iowamark]

“Senator Houston offered resolutions in favor of establishing a protectorate over Mexico and Central America, which after debate were laid on the table.”

There is a modest plan!

[colorado tanker]

The Brigham Young and LDS indictments were another chapter in the Utah War, when Buchanan sent much of the Army to the West because the government considered Utah in rebellion against the United States.

[Homer_J_Simpson]

Continued from March 28 (reply #8) .

The Diary of George Templeton Strong, Edited by Allan Nevins and Milton Halsey Thomas

[colorado tanker]

Until these threads, Homer, I did not appreciate just how close it was that Kansas came to admission as a slave state.

I suspect that if that had happened the free-staters would have gone into open rebellion.