Rally to a Convention Over Racial Power Strife
A heated editorial denounces the white conservative stance in Georgia politics, urging support for a constitutional convention to restore the supremacy of white leadership. It argues against backing black candidates and calls for unity to defeat those advocating the Civil War era relief measures.
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Bufiire Iy Wwe
Conaury
Waslin
Mike
Tha Ith
Political Crisis Across the North and South
The editor reports intense Conservative and Democratic joy over Pennsylvania and Ohio outcomes, predicts a grand rally of union supporters, and urges unity to resist radical Republican plans. The piece warns of vengeance against Reconstruction, praises Northern sympathy for freedmen, and calls for a decisive Convention and a just but firm Constitution to preserve white leadership and public order.
Advice on Black Voting Rights and Citizenship
A dated piece argues against restricting Black voters and urges civic participation. It cites Liberia and Haiti as counterpoints where whites are disenfranchised and presses whites to demand equal qualification for electors, warning against surrender to threats or alibis.
Negro Rule Brutality of Negro Police In Mobile
A white woman named Judy was arraigned in Mobile for vulgar language and resisting two Black police. Witnesses for the prosecution were Black and most defense witnesses were white. a drunk drayman scene and a dragged mother with her nursing child sparked public outrage as officers dragged her to the guardhouse. The defense portrayed the officers as lying. one officer lied repeatedly. The jury fined the defendant ten dollars, and she appealed. The Mobile Register notes the incident as an example of Negro rule and asks white readers how long they will endure such violence.
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Monroe
Bras
Tie
Ear
Mobile Register
The Negro Question and Radical Policy in the South
The editorial denounces federal bayonets delaying race violence and warns that withdrawing protection would crown the negro with power over whites. It accuses the Radical party of aiding a "brutal" rise and foresees race war across the South if such policies persist, citing Mobile as an example.
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O. P. Beall
Weaver
Pobtic
Congress
Elf
Arma
Univ
Jay
Pope
Radical Party
Mobile
South
Doyleataien Democrat
A Turn in the Lane Signals Shift in Politics
The Doylestown Democrat reflects on a political turn in the lane as Democrats and Conservatives gain a new path after recent elections in Pennsylvania Ohio and Iowa. It credits voter rebuke of Radical policies, warns Radicals, and urges unity to restore the Constitution and Union.
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Ohio
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Pennsylvania
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Congress
Democratic Party
Party of the Constitution
Union
Doylestown
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