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Newspaper
Defiance County Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1880
Page
2
The passage criticizes dissatis factionalism among Conkune Garfield Logan Storrs and Blaine, predicting Republican victory. It notes Garfield in Ohio and Grant in New York, Storrs stirring Democratic bones, and Blaine's vigorous Maine campaign. It mentions guards in Hancock and Turk Garfield, and mocks Democratic calls for unity while praising Republican stability and honest governance.
At a recent Columbus reunion 1,323 former POWs from the rebellion gathered. In camp a vote on the presidential question showed Garfield 1,322 to Hancock 1, reflecting lasting sectional tensions among veterans who served in the front rank.
Hox Tuos C Campsett of Cincinnati will address Defiance county citizens at Farmer Center on Saturday September 4 and speak at Hicksville that evening on current political issues. The piece also comments on Hancock Garfield and Civil War era politics with strong partisan rhetoric from the era.
A fierce editorial questions when the rebellion will end arguing it will persist while Democrats defend state rights and boast of the Confederate cause It laments party leaders for defending the rebel cause and predicts ongoing conflict until accountability and the ballot box change the political stance.
In a city conversation the Democrat asserts that Democrats would not stop a rebellion if it rose again. The piece argues Southern brigadiers control Northern leaders, urging unity across parties to elect Gen. Garfield to halt a reign of terror in the South and protect rights for all citizens.
The passage argues the democratic use of the bloody shirt to label fraud claims and ties Southern rebels turned Democrats to Hancock and English, referencing Wade Hampton's Staunton remarks on Democratic principles today. It frames the phrase as a political tool in the postwar era.
A fiery partisan diatribe rails at the Democratic Party and its use of the bloody shirt tactic, charging rebels and Northern Democrats with treason and sectional hate. It condemns alleged corrupt conduct like stealing a presidency, recalls Civil War loyalties, and defends Republican stance while attacking Democrats and their Southern allies.
George Q. Gardner of the Fifth Wisconsin Battery recalls Garfield's role in a 1861 war incident. The message, dated June 18 1880 from Deceran Iowa, requests details to refresh memory of dates and facts about the event and Garfield's involvement.
In a Northbound furlough after Chickamauga, Gen Garfield and Gen Steedman intervened when a Kentucky sheriff’s force attempted to seize two black servants from a ferry boat. The officers faced a potential clash, but Garfield and Steedman rallied Union troops, secured the men, and piloted the boat across to prevent bloodshed.
The Chicago Times notes that Indiana Democrats erred by nominating Franklin Landers for governor and by the Supreme Court overturning constitutional amendments. It predicts a motion to reopen the amendment case will be granted, delaying but not averting defeat in the November election for the Landers faction.
A polemical wartime era tirade defends the flag and veterans amid charges of treachery. It recalls amnesty, asserts who fired the first shots, and denounces current attackers for desecrating the blue while honoring those who died for the nation.
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