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Newspaper
Allen County Democrat
Location
Lima, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1864
Page
2
A edited remark attributed to President Lincoln's ally Forney blasts peace advocates as wretches, likening their stance to crucifixion. The column compares modern calls for peace with the crucifixion of the Prince of Peace, reflecting wartime rhetoric.
The McClellan report is published and deserves consideration. The correspondence between General McClellan and Monara, Lincoln, and Stanton is cited as evidence that delays and reverses in the war are due to those officials.
A harsh broadside claims small pox devastates Washington and links the illness to a surge in prostitution thieving drunkenness and crime. The piece blames Providence and the administration for the capital’s alleged decline and corruption.
Secretary Stanton reported to Congress that the army includes 14 Major General and 11 Brigadier General unemployed, totaling 25. Staff officers total 25, with 3 Colonels, 1 Lieutenant Colonel, 7 Majors, 19 Captains, 2 Lieutenants. Combined monthly pay amounts to 812,233. General officers hampered by disease number 8, and general officers on duty not in the field total 39.
A Cincinnati Gazette letter to the Senate argues for higher taxation on nearly all articles. The writer warns that continued support for the current war policy will turn taxation into a principal burden, with the rich taxed and the poor kept in poverty in the near future.
A bill in the Legislature would require publication of the Sacct Laws in the two largest circulating county papers with opposite political views. The delay in making laws public has caused embarrassment, and supporters hope the measure passes if properly drafted. The Boston Commonwealth abolition organ quotes that rebellion should be governed by external power and contrasts with independence rhetoric.
The text records Hon W P Noble's proposed congressional resolution arguing the government import duty on foreign paper does not cover rising paper costs and warns against a monopoly risk. It calls the Ways and Means Committee to investigate the expenditure and policy.
A reflective spread laments fallen hopes of republican rule. The piece contrasts cherished visions of peace, civilization, morality, and religion with harsh wartime reality. It argues the nation faces desolation, lost prosperity, and political fanaticism eroding the gains once imagined.
A bill would levy two mills for soldier families and create township distributing committees to dispense funds, drawing criticism over extra offices and taxation. The piece argues against 4,500 new officers and favors continuing current distribution channels with competent trustees in Medina County.
Reports from the era note Confederates calling all men ages 16 to 65 into service. In Virginia Marrisburg hosted Governor Carter’s inauguration last week. Efforts to delay a mock military election in Louisiana were made. Confederate officers including Marshal Kane left Quebec for Halifax. War Department confirms two years’ volunteers receive bounty money. Beecher declines five thousand sixty dollars per year advance. Dana named Assistant Secretary of War. Butler seeks prisoner exchange. Lincoln nomination likely to pass Kansas Legislature. Maryland to expel members for disliked language. Rosencrans to command Missouri. Schofield to Grant. Slater released from Fort Lafayette. Pierpont and Alexandria legislature protest Butler in Norfolk. Vallandigham case reviewed by Supreme Court. Leavitt decision under review.
Columbus report chronicles outrage toward Ohio Democrats as the legislature ousts two sitting members on partisan grounds. The Senate passes a two mill state tax for soldiers families while a one mill county tax is set by commissioners. A move to curb secret political leagues is introduced but likely buried. Legislature adjourns amid claims of constitutional overreach and voter suppression.
The issue claims President Lincoln seeks to rule by proclamation by disfranchising nine tenths of voters in rebel states and placing electoral power with one tenth who swear to abolition. It urges public response to Washington and warns of the erosion of constitutional rights. The piece also mentions an Ohio peach crop claim and notes a Toledo Blade report contrasting assertions.
An 1884 Lancaster meeting convened to form a church preaching the peaceful gospel free of politics. Dr. Olds led the address, with Rev. J. F. Given’s letter read. resolutions urged a state convention in Columbus on Feb 3 1884 and delegation, correspondence, and newspaper notices to promote the enterprise. Thomas Rees chaired. Virgil E Shaw served as secretary.
The report cites an Ohio law fixing wholesale weights for common items such as wheat sixty pounds and corn shelled fifty six, with a list including oats sixty three, clover seed sixty two, timothy seed forty five, millet seed fifty, buckwheat fifty, beans sixty, Irish potatoes sixty, sweet potatoes fifty, dried peaches thirty three, dried apples twenty five, malt thirty four, Hungarian grass seed fifty. It notes political motions in Congress about paying soldiers in gold or silver and questions a Sandusky Register account. It recounts a Perrysburg tragedy where a mother’s two children died after clothing caught fire, likely when a blazing stick was used to amuse the infant. It covers the capture of horse thief Herman Hoffman, and a response from Attorney General Critchfield to Dave Tod’s imputations, mentioning a case the State was party to.
A Little Rock dated May 30 1862 secessionist sheet reprints editorials blasting Vallandigham. It mocks Lincoln and Vallandigham, calls Vallandigham hostile to the Confederacy, and wishes exile to continue or deepen southerners’ resolve. The piece contrasts Vallandigham’s refinement with Lincoln’s alleged vulgarity and warns against his political views.
Michal Aigen of Cambridge cucelles faced Canada recruitment charges but was not convicted in Quebec Montreal court for foreign enlistment act violations and received fourteen years in penitentiary. California Republicans back Lincoln for re election as Charleston bombardment and shelling continue, city crumbling under fire.
A fragmented 19th century notice mix covers Dayton and Michigan railroad timetable hints, claims about mail express freight, and a call to attention from Feins & meet about fire insurance. It includes Dr Cone medical notices with visit schedules in Lima and Richmond, praised Plantations Bitters claims, and Drake and Co. advertisements for remedies and liver tonics.
Advertisements from Lew list P GOLAY as an engineer and land surveyor. The item reads like a classified notice promoting surveying services and related offerings. Entities include Lew, P GOLAY, engineer, land surveyor. No dates or locations specified in the readable text.
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