Beav er Argus Opinion on District Suffrage and Printing
A 1860 debate appears in the Beaver Argus discussing congressional power over the District elective franchise and public printing. The piece ridicules impartial suffrage critiques and forecasts the county commissioners will bend to political pressure, noting voters will support elected officials regardless of stance.
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Congress
Aicg
Lave
Atheie
Geo. Aha
Mesionera
Blanche
Orphans’ Court
Beaver County
Wildien da F
John Duff
Eno. A. Frazier
SPMIE
Vanport
Borough Township
Brighton’ Township
Ebecca
Mulvannon
William Moore
Washington
Johnston
CC. Wilson
Beaver
Democratic Morality and Diatribe in New York Papers
An excerpt notes a State Senator elect and a House of Representatives member, both Democrats, receiving hostile racial insults in a New York City controversy. It condemns their alleged gambling and uses derogatory language to describe Black men, highlighting public accusations and party loyalties.
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Ben Wood
House of Representatives
United Stees
Diatrica
New
York- City
Jouy Modarssey
Congress
New York
Judge Morrall
Wilson B. Odell
John Morrissey
Joan A. Morris
Wm. France
Charles P. H. Murray
E Simmons
Wm. D. Simmons
Jacob Blanweit
Jobn McGea
A. Nathan
W. Ward
William Graff
Odell
Angered editorial over patronage and local politics in Loch
The Argus laments patronage dependence and factions in Loch, denies anger at neighbors, and urges Congress to act while urging advertisers and readers to accept future terms. A Boston Post note is cited praising impartial suffrage.
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Boston
Post
Boston City Election Returns Colorful Races and Unity
Boston voters faced a sharp contest in the Third Ward where a tied race between Republican BE R Merritt and colored Democrat R S Brown led to a new election. Merritt won by 28 as white and colored Democrats campaigned together in a rare display of cross faction support.
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Legro
Boston
BE. R. Merritt
Brown
Merritt
West Virginia Election Yields Union Victory for Governor
In West Virginia the Union ticket leads with Boreman elected governor by 6,472. Congressional counts show Hubbard 1,762 in the 1st District, Kitchen 33,106 in the 2nd, and Paige 1,471 with all successful candidates Union men. Legislature results show House 46 Union and 15 Democrats, Senate 17 Union and 4 Democrats.
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West Virginia
Boreman
Hubbard
Kitchen
Paigley
Asion
House
Unionfat
Democrats
Tienate
Unijonaiste
Congress Mileage Racket in Transition Dates Debate
A writer claims Radical members of the current Congress will receive thousands in mileage payments during the transfer to the Fortieth Congress on March 4. The piece notes payments for journeys not performed and mileage claimed on March 3 and returned March 4, while disputing the article’s accuracy and referencing a bill that limits mileage for re elected members transitioning from the Thirty ninth to the Fortieth Congress.
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Washington
Edward Anbuhl
Removal of U S Deputy Collector Sparks Controversy
J P Reed, deputy collector for U S Revenue in Mercer County, has been removed by U S Collector for the 20th district P McGough and James D Moore appointed as successor. The column argues Reed’s removal stems from support for Union candidate Finney, citing Reed’s long service and high integrity amid party tensions and Copperhead opposition.
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J. P. Reed
U. S. Revenue
P. McGonzi
U. 8
20Th Congressional District
James D. ‘Moore
Reed
McGough
Coe
D. A. Finney
Finney
A. B McCalmet
Lincoln
Egypt
James D. Moore
Copperhead
Mercer Dispatch
Political maneuvering and trials in 1867 headlines
Letters from Col J W Forry urge withdrawal from Antion dude race while praising Thaddeus Stevens. Joseph Modarssey faces arrest for betting ring ties with John Morrissey and others. Columiana judge J Lyman Porter dies in Safety Ohio. Tarntow Weed leaves the Republican party amid New York clubs chatter. The Pittsburgh Republic hints Andrew Johnson as 1868 presidential candidate.
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Cot. J. W. Forry
Wilmer Worthington
Pennsylvania
Antion
United States
Thaddeus Stevens
Cowan
Inauguration Gathering of the Boys in Blue
A Morristown committee of the Boys in Blue invites veterans and supporters to the Governor elect Geary inauguration at the State Capital. They recall Union service, pledge solidarity, and request correspondence for attendance. The piece also notes dwindling Revolutionary War pensioners and lists surviving soldiers.
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Bue
Mortisburg
John W. Geary
Geary
Ren Sulta
Laxey
Harr
Rosrer A. M’coy
O. B. Seamons
Revival wave sweeps Washington churches with many conversions
The paper notes a broad revival across Washington city churches including Israel Chapel Shore Waugh Chapel St Pauls Island McKendry East Washington Station Union Bethel and Presbyterian and Baptist churches. Dozens converted daily and hundreds of Sunday School children addressed by Senator Frelinghuysen and Mr Bryson as revival efforts continue for months.
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Washington City
Israel Chapel
Waugh Chapel
Scorer
St. Paul's Chapel
The
Island
Frolinghuyser
U.S
New Jersey
Bryson
Young Mans’ Christian Association
Frelinghuysen
Sanday
Union Bethel
M Greet
Presbyterian Church
Jstreet
Secretary Motul loch Letter on Economic Contraction Plan
A historical note cites Secretary Motul loch praising gradual steps toward a return to specie payment. The letter argues protecting productive industry from foreign labor and avoiding rapid contraction, favoring a gradual working back to specie payments without collapse.
Treasury correspondence on labor, specie payments and policy
A 1866 Treasury communication discusses labor gains, returning to specie payments, keeping markets steady, and avoiding financial collapse. The letter mentions sending a report through the Comptroller at the Currency and references H McCanton an and E G Spaulding with Buffalo banking ties.
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Dean Sin
Gay
Mente
United States
HH. McCantocr
E. G. Spaulding
Farmers
Arenas Point
Fragmented note on lost government bond issues and bank notes
A garbled excerpt references the treasury department and a hospital site, mentioning lost bonds and bank notes. It notes a resolution by Mr. Ross and concerns about legal tender and future government bonds.
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Treasury
Iago
Ross
Senate Sees Little Action Amid Recess Talk in Washington
Washington December 17 Senate sessions yielded no major action as lawmakers debated repealing presidential amnesty powers and the Nebraska bill. Wade signaled plans to move to rescind the holiday recess resolution while fears linger adjournment may derail the District suffrage bill. House proceedings focused on Resolution Day with Illinois speakers consuming over an hour amid inquiries from Mr Wentworth.
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Washington
Senate
Nebraska
Wade
Congress
House
Illinois
Wentworth
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