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Newspaper
Cuthbert Appeal
Location
Cuthbert, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Nov 08, 1867
Page
2
The venerable journal at Pou Bare Government street lists a rare investment chance as its censor editor plans retirement for a quieter life. The junior editor also wishes to retire, prompting talks of a potential partnership and ongoing publication concerns.
Ambiguous report discusses the Georgia University closure, student protests, and references figures for state support and enrollment. It notes political shifts in Ohio votes and mentions individuals tied to Georgia and national affairs, including figures connected to banking and journalism.
A Georgia vote article discusses likely ratification of a radical reconstruction plan, noting large margins in Columbus Augusta and Savannah and the political stakes between conservatives and radicals. It urges unity, warns of white suppression of blacks at the polls, and predicts northern support and eventual political upheaval. The piece cites Terrell county as evidence of white turnout overcoming black majorities and mentions Milledgeville as a focal point for the mobilized opposition. It concludes with a call to remain vigilant and prepare for final struggle, warning of despotism from Northern allies.
Special Dispatch to the Appeal from Macon gives late election tidings across the North and South. Democratic gains fill Maryland, New Jersey leans Democratic, New York may gain a Senate majority, Minnesota defeats suffrage, and Wisconsin moves Republican. Reports discuss impeachment talks, Virginia results, and Alabama Reconstruction delegates, highlighting political clashes and adjournment debates.
The piece attacks the Radical Congress as corrupt and ruinous, arguing repudiation of public debt stems from oppressive taxation and despotic power. It condemns efforts to limit Southern revival, cites misused funds, and predicts revolution if Radical rule continues, with election notes from Washington City and Atlanta showing Convention support and party shifts.
The letter argues that Confederate leaders like Jefferson Davis Toombs Breckinridge and Thompson plot from Canada to colonize Southern settlers if negro suffrage passes, while raising funds and warning of future raids. It claims Mason Davis and others conspire to undermine the U S government from Toronto with testimony of a European-bound reformer.
Civil War era concerns report organized Negro and white groups drilling under the name Loyal Leaguer in neighboring parishes and county, with secret meetings, armament, and incendiary talk. Reports note General Howard's reply on negro population shifts, Grant's orders to keep peace, a suspected newborn child abandonment case, and evolving direct trade between Europe and the South with steamships and consignments to New Orleans and Savannah.
The Record Antitony argues the Northern war crimes charges against Southern prisoners are unfounded. It cites the Washington Union and Monge of Representatives figures on prisoner deaths, asserting Union deaths surpassed Confederate ones in prison camps, and that Southern treatment was unjustly slandered.
The Mobile Tribune reports on a scheme to influence votes in Grove M Clark county where negroes were led to believe a “mule and forty acres” awaited them for voting. A white bystander exposed the ruse and the voters refrained, fearing fraud and swindle. The piece also notes bankruptcy law changes taking effect March 2, 1868, and condemns Brownlow’s Tennessee Senate election outcome as misrepresented.
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