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Newspaper
Dixon Sun
Location
Dixon, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1872
Page
5
The notice lists pricing for cards of five lines or less in the Business Mirror at five dollars per year. Each additional line costs one dollar. Special local notices run fifteen cents per line for the first insertion and ten cents for each subsequent insertion. Communications directed to The Dixon Sun, Dixon Illinois, W M Keyepy publisher.
In Portland Maine Brian Bradbury declares a strategy to unite with Conservative Republicans and oust the current Administration. Gen James Shields in Missouri on May 23 urges Democrats to speak boldly for Greeley Illinois will join him and warn that a third party could help grant victory. The American public will elect Horace Greeley president, regardless of leaders.
The New York Tribune tally shows 24 papers in favor and 9 against Greeley and Brown from the list of German and Illinois papers, with 6 Republican and 18 Democratic for, 6 Republican and 3 Democratic against, and 8 uncommitted. The Springfield Register notes seventeen Illinois Republican papers supporting Greeley and Brown, listing Chicago Tribune and others among the supporters.
The Irishman notes Horace Greeley as a worthy candidate for the U S presidency after the Cincinnati Convention nomination. It praises his long public service, adherence to just principles, and support for liberty, justice, and Ireland in its darkest hours.
The piece praises Horace Greeley as a true American Republican shaped by antique virtues. It likens him to Washington’s council and predicts opposition from Irish sources while English and American agents seek to block him. It argues America’s prestige must be restored to Liberty and virtue.
Ex Governor Koerner of Illinois argues for Horace Greeley over Grant’s administration, praising Greeley as a sincere, loyal defender of German interests and a prominent opponent of slavery and corruption, while noting the contested Liberal label.
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