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Newspaper
Cuthbert Appeal
Location
Cuthbert, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1869
Page
2
A historical piece offers reader incentives to boost subscriptions and promote The Atlanta Era, promising yearlong appeals and other periodicals. It also comments on Georgia politics, rail improvements, black voting, and a call to uphold private contracts amid postwar tensions.
A reconstruct era piece argues for flexible wage and share contracts between planters and freedmen. It outlines conditions for shared crops, stock, and tools, plus responsibilities, debt limits, and labor expectations, while criticizing flat wage systems and urging fair treatment to secure productive labor.
The Macon Telegraph echoes a call for restrained, courteous debate amid harsh editorials. It argues that dignified rebuke and truthful exposure should replace violent, sensational rhetoric in journalism, citing English literature as a model of temperance.
A Georgian court fight arises over railroad franchises and stock transfers involving Southwestern Railroad and Atlantic and Gulf lines. The case, led by Judge Hoo Carlton B. Cole, questions monopolistic power, public policy, and future appeals to the state Supreme Court as editors and lawyers debate the public impact on trade and development.
President proclaims universal amnesty and pardon for all who aided the late rebellion. The act restores rights and privileges, marking a return to peace and national unity. Signed in Washington on December 25, with Seward as acting Secretary of State.
A proclamation of continued resolve follows a defeat in the presidential election, urging unity and vigilance against tyranny. The piece cites enduring liberty, opposition to bribery, and readiness to endure storms, with fragmented local notices about Coliamblan Crisis figures, a prominent death, a chemical whisky analysis, and freight rates.
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