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Dred Scott

Republican Insincerity.

Cleveland Plain Dealer
Cleveland, Ohio
3-16-1857
Democratic
Since the demise of the late Republican Party on the fifth of November, a post mortem has revealed some of the principal causes of the the brevity of its life, which before was but partially known, for the depth of its corruption and canker sores could not be probed while the body was shrieking and struggling.
Dred Scott

The Unconstitutionality of the Missouri Compromise.

Cleveland Plain Dealer
Cleveland, Ohio
3-11-1857
Democratic
The opinion of the United States Supreme Court in the Dred Scott case in which seven of the nine Judges concur, is unquestionably the most important one in itself, and its bearings upon the leading political question of the day that has been pronounced within the present century.
Sumner Caning

A Constitutional Caning.

Cleveland Plain Dealer
Cleveland, Ohio
6-11-1856
Democratic
Brooks declares that, as the constitution provides that no member of either House of Congress shall be held responsible for words spoken in debate, that it would have been to have caned Sumner anywhere else than the place designated by the Constitution.
Sumner Caning

A Lie upon its Face.

Cleveland Plain Dealer
Cleveland, Ohio
5-29-1856
Democratic
Senator Sumner has floored himself much worse than Brooks did by the following foolish and false attempt to drag Senator Douglas into personal difficulty with Brooks.
Sumner Caning

Another Richmond in the Field.

Cleveland Plain Dealer
Cleveland, Ohio
5-26-1856
Democratic
Senator Sumner is the man for Fusion Candidate for President.
Sumner Caning

Sumner in his Seat.

Cleveland Plain Dealer
Cleveland, Ohio
6-10-1856
Democratic
We see that Senator Sumner is not only in his seat but is engaged in debate with Senator Douglas and others.
Sumner Caning

Sumner's Plagiarism.

Cleveland Plain Dealer
Cleveland, Ohio
6-17-1856
Democratic
We are unprepared to say that a man should be cudgeled over the head for the gross crime of plagiarism, but we believe it is a pretty good rule in the old-fashioned schools to give a youth a good licking for that offence.
Sumner Caning

Why don't they denounce?

Cleveland Plain Dealer
Cleveland, Ohio
5-28-1856
Democratic
Why don't the Democrats denounce the ruffian Brooks?