Subtitle: "Equality and Exact Justice to All Men."
Title: Colored American - April 17, 1841
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Colored American (1837 - 1842)
The writer comments on the irony in the actions of those who band together as Republicans in Tammany Hall. They promise justice, equality, and fairness, yet deliver only corruption and prejudice.
Description of file(s): one scanned, two columned, newspaper page
Subtitle: The Cabalistic Letters.
Title: Elevator - June 9, 1865
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Elevator (1865 - 18??)
The writer tells his readers about the questionable rise to political power of a lawyer from San Francisco who moved to New York.
Description of file(s): one scanned newspaper column