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year, and was therefore generally looked upon
ut the time as an anti.dcmocratic, or ut least
anti administration, movement OF the wing party,
and its important proceedings were largely
claimed by the papers OF that party as so much
whig capital, though they were heartily partici-
pated in by many prominent democrats, and In
the west at least 1t was libel to say that the OBJ
jects aimed at by the convention were in any
sense partisan. All party feeling on the subject,
however having long ago died out, the broad
craftsmanship and marvellous prophetic fore
caste of the leading actors in that body remain
as among the most remarkable mementoes OF
the early struggles of the great Northwest to OBJ
tain the commanding position In the Union
which its amazing growth since then has won
for it perforce. Many Of the speeches and reso-
buttons of those days, with triaing changes,
would read as accurate history, like the speech
Of MIR. Hall, for instance, outlining "a National
Railroad to the Pacific and how it ought to be
built"
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Political ECONOMY IN ONE LESSON. A Lecture
by Alphonso Courtois, before the Photechnic
| Association Of Paris. Translated by Wash
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Political Education. No. Morton street.
The newspapers have had good deal OF sport
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after a study Of two weeks; and 80 the reader
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was the last of course Of lectures on political
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| International Lessons for 1882.
AMERICAN NEWSPAPER DIRECTORY FOR 1882 BY
| Geo. p. Rowell, New York.
| This annual has just been issued and contains
the names Of 1851 periodicals in the United
States and Territories, which is gain Of 344 in
the year just passed. The number of daily papers
has increased in a somewhat larger proportion,
and is now represented by total of 996 against
92l in 1881. The largest increase has been in
New York-lO dailies, 20 of all sorts Illinois and
Missouri show a percentage of gam which is
even greater while Colorado leads all others in
the percentage of increase both of daily and
weekly issues. California, Nebraska, Nevada,
Oregon, South Carolina, Tennessee, Vermont
and West Virginia have fallen behind 1881 in the
total number of periodicals issued. In Georgia,
Maine and Massachusetts, the suspensions have
exactly counterbaanced the new ventures. In
every State not mentioned above, and in the
Territories, there has been an increase.
| Magazines.
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