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Newspaper
Dixon Sun
Location
Dixon, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1872
Page
4
Horace Greeley of New York is named for vice president with B Gratz Brown of Missouri as lieutenant governor. John Charles Black campaigns for Secretary of State, Edward Rummel for Auditor, and Daniel Murra of Cook for Lieutenant.
The Dubuque Staats Zeitung and Freeport Journal clash over politics and honesty. A legal excerpt outlines deed recording duties requiring county clerk endorsement before the recorder accepts land instruments for record.
The text argues that liberals claim victory while Republicans maintain control, detailing past governors, impeachment, and current state officials. It contrasts Grant era majorities with later shifts, cites party lines, and restores figures for 1868 and subsequent appointments, referencing Know Nothing and states rights controversies.
A historical note recalls Henry Wilson’s 1854 election by the Know Nothing party in Massachusetts to the U S Senate. It cites Know Nothing influence in the legislature, Wilson’s early actions on naturalization, and bold campaign rhetoric defending the party’s byword of “I know something.”
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