Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1857-04-25
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POLITICAL POSITION.
TIE MISSOURI Dh10CkAT Is, as lis meme imports De.
nocratic III principle, conservative sentiment opposed
to the violence and outrages that have dsgraced the
Territories and 10 the denagoguery that brought civil
war upon country BY the repeal of Tie Missouri Com
promise. We are for Kansas Free State and opuo-
sed the extension of Slavery into any Terri tory where
it comes in competition with the labor of free white
men-ho!dng it to be the highest duty of Democrat
to guard and preserve the lights and interests of the free
white latoIing men Of the coantry
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copied ior they known carefully collected from
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re-o!ghized whole Commercial Department. so t
we snail not only give the markets I.aus hut t.
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the grain and produce and stock markets of Europe
Cur teegraphlc arrangements such as will in future
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VIII DOUBTLESS be fully appreciated by all ana
business men.
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Seee relative 10 the naviQabe condition of our rivers
and the daiy arrival and departure steamboats, &c
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