Political factions discuss postwar loyalties and rebel leaders
The piece cites the Democratic Convention choosing a platform to defeat Grant and Colfax, listing Wade Hampton and other former Confederates. It also notes a New York Conservative Soldiers and Sailors convention in session beside Seymour’s gathering, describing their military records as poor and their behavior as undisciplined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Axmoxa
Grant
CoLfax
Wade Hampton
Joseph E. ‘Johnson
William Preston
Kentucky
Union
Barksdale
Langdon
Louisiana
Bocock
Virginia
N. Y. Tribune
New York
Seymour
Therchals
Republican Party
Blair family splits GOP and joins Democrats in 1854 rift
A historical critique traces the Blair family's shift from Republican to Democratic alignment after political clashes with Lincoln's cabinet. Frank P. Blair, once a fierce abolitionist congressman, is hailed by the author as a Democratic vice presidential nominee chosen by acclamation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Democracy
Blair
Democratic Party
Montgomery Blair
Lincoln
Montgomery
Blair's
Frank P. Blair
Congress
St. Louis
Washington
Frank P
Frank
United States
Democrats Favor Grant As Beymour Nomination Reported
The text notes Horatio Beymour being nominated by the Democratic National Convention and several Democratic Congress members pledging support for Grant. It mentions Thos B Stewart as a Republican ally from New York and Samuel Cary urging Vallandigham for Vice President, with Democrats conceding a Republican victory due to a weak ticket.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank P. Buate
Missouri
Congress
New York
Preston
Kentucky
Frank P. Blair
Hampton
South Carolina
Forest
Tennessee
Wall Street
East
Chier- Policians
Pendleton, Hendricks, Hancock, &c
Seymour
Army of the Potomac
United States
Grant
Colfax
Busez
Horatio Beymour
Thos. B.’ Stewart
Raymond
Samuel F. Cary
Cincinnati
Vallandigham
Austria as a warning on faith and finance
A Tribune column argues Austria’s wartime coupon tax damaged credibility and finance, warning that repudiation and dishonest budgeting destroy access to money markets. It asks if America should mimic such fraud, praising England for honest debt discharge and urging the nation to keep faith in bonds and obligations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austria
France
England
America
Pitts. Com
Henry Cray Dean Denounced in NY Democratic Meeting
A New York audience heard Henry Cray Dean denounce Chase and Belmont with coarse profanity and threats of a Democratic ticket against Chase at the Fifth Avenue Hotel. The episode drew applause and hisses as Dean exited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tate
Washington
Cincinnati
Texas
Chase
Aid-De-Camp
Grant
Henry Cray Dean
West
Beaver County
New York
Pittsburgh
Henry Clay Dean
Ohio
Ffth Avenue Hotel
Republican Abolition Party
Belmont
Hie
Dean Apenas
Platform promises one currency for government and people
The document argues the party's platform implies returning to coin payments for government obligations and dues, and paying bondholders in coin. It notes coin as the basis for revenue from imports and stresses consistency in pledges to honor greenbacks and specie payments while reducing taxation and restoring public credit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Democratic Party
Bondrellers
Mocratic Party
Reconstruction Era Reform Platform Read to Crowd
The gathering echoed calls for amnesty for political offenses and rapid payment of public debts. Key planks urged one national currency, equal taxation, reduced standing army, abolition of evasive bureaus, and protection of naturalized citizens amid a push for civil and industrial rights.
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Debraus
United States
Anders
Vermont Bonda
Steuri
oe _Feth
Anqi
Sisih
Manding
Reedmen's Bureau
Congress
Grant and the Jews in Civil War Policy Explored
Letter from Gen. Rautins discusses General Grant and a controversial 1863 order expelling Jews from military lines amid critical war conditions. It asserts the act aimed at security and was not based on religion, noting concurrent movements by Sherman and Dodge and the need to block enemy information. The writer defends Grant’s fidelity to liberty while detailing near-failure military pressures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
Gram Ansto
Grant
Sherman
Memphis
Helens
Pemberton
Grenada
Dodge
Corinth
Washington
Joan A. Rawins
Lewis N. Dembis
Lounville, Ky
Vallandigham Nominates Seymour Clash Amid War loyalties
The piece argues Vallandigham’s nomination of Seymour was a bold political strike, aligning with wartime factions. It notes Vallandigham’s rebellion support yet praises him as a Democrat and credits the convention with whirling Seymour into the nomination like Sheridan’s Valley campaigns. It labels the move an insult to loyal citizens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vallandigham
Seymour
Sheridan
Pitts. Com
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T. J. Weyand
Ebrron
Beaver, Pa
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Schuyler Colfax
Harthanft
Montgomery County
Jacob M. Campbell
Cambria County
Michael Weyand
Assembly
Thomas Nicholson
H. J. van Kirke
A. J. Buffington
J. R. Harrah
David W. Scott
A. Dickey
John Slentz
William Thomas
Corqker
William Barnes
Trustees OF Academy
Bamuel Magaw
Richey Eakin
Tax
New York World
Copperhead
World
Henry C. Murphy
Murphy
Pittsburgh Republic
Lee
Gettysburg
Meade
Blair and
Revelation
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Bhat
Gep
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F. Depines
Wasumaron
Statos
Gen. Fopal
New. York
Herald
Tammany Hall
Gen. Grant
New
Elie
Pomeriees
Mark
The
Mississippi
Rautins
Democratic Convention
Supreme Court of the
Deccratic Party
Thorsoghiy
Uta
I Adita
Fen
Atlantic
Pacific
Bahia
Ita
Geo. H. Thomas
Tennese
Irwin B. Dowell
Geo. G. Meade
Georgia
Canby
Reynolds
Sickles
Pape
Swayne
Mower
Hartranft
Campbell
South
Cranves HT
Couns
A. L. Russet
Wade
Vithal
Sacred Cause
Joe Johnson
A. Bayard
Delaware
Stephen Archer
Maryland
J. E. McDonald
Inna
Sbore
War Democrats
Commercial Advertiser
James Madison
James Monroe
Matty van
Pierce
Waite Gy
Sherif Sale
Ontrenn
Lettell
Sherif
the National Bank of Beaver Co
New Buuonics
Seaeven
He Cosser
Carrency
Edward. Hoops
Cashler
James A. Fortune
Rochester
Penna
Flaon
IN the
Wart Gaits
Ofrmeriy
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S. J. Cross & Co
Stark County
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