Blair's Concord Speech Lays Out Slavery and Democracy
Frghow Deideratic candidate Blair spoke in Concord on reelecting Mason W. Tappan to Congress. He argued slavery should be limited, attacked the Democratic party, and defended Supreme Court authority, citing Grant and public mood. The report presents extracts on slavery, party critique, and wartime policy with multiple named figures.
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Ein P. Blair
Frghow
Concord
N. Fl
Aisden Yj
Congress of Han
Mason W.tappan
Blair Shougtfe
Congress
Republican Party
Claims of Southerners On War Losses Referred for Opinion
A Washington special reports about $30,000,000 in claims for property seized and damaged in the South during the war. Claims arrive from alleged Unionists and must be settled. Federal law is seen as conflicting, so Secretary Schofield has sent the matter to Attorney General Evarts for a legal opinion. Ashton, Assistant Attorney General, prepares the filing.
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Admiral Porter
Gop
Grant
RichSell
D. J. Porter
Eral Geant
Owe
Filschondt
Mississippi
Himpion
James Pines
Potomac
Washington
Annapolis
Army
Sim
Philadelphia Inquirer
Congress
Schofield
Evarts
How the Money Has Gone and Democratic Blame Card
A fragmentary editorial critique cites the Philadelphia Press blaming funds missing since June 1805 on the Democratic rebellion and debt payments. It quotes New York Sun and Pendleton supporters discussing repudiation, whisky debts, and a country youth misnaming soda water as a foreign drink.
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Philadelphia
Porrox
Andersonville
Bedla Isle
Millen
Libby
New York Sun
Pendleton
Afasonie Iil
New York
Masonic Wall
Tun Begion
Political shifts and party loyalties amid a Civil War era
The text critiques President Andrew Johnson and pardon dynamics, notes Jolly Brock's Democratic nomination for Congress in Illinois, and discusses party realignments. It cites support for Grant and Colfax, labor versus capital themes, and a New Jersey Democrat whose views align with the era's Unionist stance. It also mentions a California blacksmith immigrant who built wealth and a Mobile Register compliment about Northern Democrats.
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Warton
Indiana
Illingis
Ohio
New York
Crovernors
Dix
Sey- J
Union Party
Chicago
Union
Gross and Goodsman
Grant
Aly
Jesse Grant Ife
Olal
Oll
Hle
Vicks
Buegsand
Ulysses
Epidemic remedies and political platform notes
A Scientific American correspondent touts onions to absorb atmospheric poison in sick rooms and even snake bites, while a Cleveland Herald excerpt outlines a Republican platform. It advocates constitutional protections for Loyal states, debt repayment, reduced interest, strict economy, and Reconstruction policies, praising Lincoln and criticizing Johnson, with a closing, unrelated Catskill Mountains joke.
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Scientific American
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