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Newspaper
Beaver Argus
Location
Beaver, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1867
Page
2
The report notes a diverse turnout of twenty seven on the second day as delegates discuss repudiating the national debt and Republican influence. It names indeterminate figures and events in Harrisburg and Huntingdon, with concerns over strategies, party loyalty, and potential trials of Jeff Davis.
The piece details how editor Geo Wilkes and prominent figures Benj. Butler and August Belmont sought a charter from New York for a Mexican venture in Lower California. After bribery demands, Wilkes shifted to New Jersey where his bill passed, exposing legislative venality and lobby influence.
Senator Wilson travels through the Southern states delivering speeches to large mixed crowds of colored and white listeners. In Orange Court House Major Lee answered, but crowds remained engaged. Richmond and Norfolk drew vast audiences with Governor Pierpont on hand, signaling growing Union support amid postwar tensions.
A New York perspective argues that Northern Democrats harbored Confederate sympathies and favored reestablishing Southern power. It contends early 1860s unity faltered as leaders like Buttler and Forney shifted loyalties, leaving the party in opposition and debate over rejoining old allies to face future crises.
The deputy secretary notes a false impression that a state tax on personal property has been abolished and replaced by a county apportioned levy. No bill has been sent to the department for examination or approval, and no act has received both Houses' concurrent sanction. Officials request correction in the Gazette.
The report recounts Major Cooper’s 7th Cavalry engagement with Cheyenne near Fort Dodge with casualties and captured horses. It notes a clash 100 miles from a present location where Capt Hodges’s Rangers killed 23 Indians. one ranger died and others were wounded.
A fragment discusses opposition to a 1866 law granting pensions to 1812 veterans and heirs, arguing its repeal exposes corruption and misuses in journalism and politics. The piece accuses Democratic influence of demagoguery while defending Republican policy and criticizes pension gratuities as wasteful.
A wary look at possible war outcomes in Europe, with France blamed for stoking conflict and Prussia and Germany in focus. The piece notes Paris unrest, rising prices, and labor grievances as social strains grow while the continent hovers near potential war.
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