Opposed Democrats urge change in government and policy
A multipart manifesto from the Opposition Union argues the current Administration and its party misuse power, corrupt elections, raise troops, and waste resources. It calls for Reconstruction via state sovereignty, constitutional checks, and removal of the Administration to preserve liberty and union.
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Thirty-eighth Congress
United States
Congress
Democratic Party
Jefferson
Madison
Andrew Jackson
Polk
Washington
Jackson
Henry Clay
Kentucky
New Hampshire
Connecticut
Pennsylvania
Missouri
Maryland
Delaware
Army of the
Congressio
Fed
Virginia
New York
Congress of the Union
Senate of the
House of Representatives
West Virginia
Senate
Congress of the United States
Confederate Congress
Richmond
Louisiana
United States Army
Tennessee
Arkansas
Baer
Florida
A&c
Supreme Court
Confederate States
Weiss
House of
Theatestates
Union
Congress of
Ponce
The
South
Lincoln
Morgan
Baltimore
Administration
Wilson
Kentucky Opines on Martial Law and Loyalty in the War
The piece argues martial law’s role in repelling invaders, questions its impact on patriotism, and urges leniency toward possible disloyalty while defending Kentucky’s loyalty. It condemns perceived federal opposition, notes Stanton’s Louisville visit, and cites troop deployments as provocative. It emphasizes Kentucky’s steadfast Union support and calls for wiser leadership.
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Kentucky
Guthrie
Morgan
Union
War Department
Stanton
Louisville
Paducah
Washburne
Military Railroads Governance in 1863 Strains Highlighted
Since September 1863 the U S Military Railroads operated with little system, undermining defense of Maryland Virginia and Tennessee. The Baltimore and Ohio and Baltimore and Washington lines faced repeated enemy incursions and destruction, limiting their defensive utility and highlighting strategic missteps by War Department leadership.
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Harper's Ferry
Monocacy
War Department
Orange
Alexandria
Rapidan
Washburne
Memphis
Charleston
W. L. Smith
Lagrange
Memphis and
Tennessee and Alabama
Franklin
U. S
Maryland
Virginia
Tennessee
Baltimore and Ohio
Baltimore and
Washington
Wheeling
McClellan
McDowell
Pope
Burnside
Hooker
Meade
Martinsburg
Harper’s Ferry
Kelly
Douglas Monument Association outlines design for Chicago statue
The Douglas Monument Association in Chicago adopted Walk's design for a colossal monument. A 100 foot shaft sits on a 52 foot base with a 21 foot pedestal, 15 foot square, atop a tomb wall. A 48 foot column with five sections supports a 12 foot bronze statue. surrounding figures, bas reliefs, and symbols fill the pedestal and base, with an estimated cost of $500,000.
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Douglas Monument Association
Chicago
Walk
Douglas
Illinois
America
Capitol
Nation
Union
Constitution
National Academy of Political Fanaticism Proposed in Massachusetts
The speaker urges forming a national academy of political fanaticism with ten members all from Massachusetts. She claims Massachusetts can supply the members without aid from other states and calls for selecting ten leading agitators to be ordained for service, a move she says will spark sectional discord and ruin across the nation.
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United States
Congress
National Academy of
Massachusetts
New York
South Carolina
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Boston
Friends of Power
United States Military Service
Army
France
Opposition
Penksylvania
Co. R. Buckalew
Philip Johnson
Samuel J. Kandall
Charles Denison
John D. Stiles
William H. Miller
E. Ancona
A. H. Coffroth
Myer Btreuse
Eng
George H. Pendicton
W. A. Hatching
J F. McKinney
William E. Finex
F.C. Le#land
Joan O'Neill
Chilton A. White
George Bliss
S. R. Cox
James ®. Morris
William Johnston
J. W. White
Warren P. Noble
Ifdiaba
Thomas A. Hendricks
Joseph K. Edgerton
John Law
James F. McDowell
James A. Craveby
W. A. Richardson, C. M. Harris, John R. Eden, Lewis W. Hoss
L. W. Powell
John
Carlisle
W. Lauisbury
A. J. Rogers
A. L. Knapp
di c Robinson
W. R. Morrison
Wiliam J. Allen
Wiscofe
Kertocky
Garrett Davis
Wiscifia
George Read Riddle
REW Jersey
NEW Bampsiter
Daniel Marcy
Boston Post
North
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