Philadelphia Convention Noms Grant and Platform
The Republican National Convention in Philadelphia on June 5 6 1872 nominated Gen Ulysses S Grant for President by unanimous vote and adopted a detailed platform praising past achievements and outlining civil rights civil service reform tax and immigration policies. Henry Wilson was nominated for Vice President with Colfax as alternative. The body adjourned sine die after Wilson’s unanimous nomination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Academy of Music
Philadelphia
Claflin
Massachusetts
Morton McMichael
Philadelphia North American
John W. Newlin
New Jersey
John R. Hubbard
West Virginia
Hiram Potter
Florida
Isaac Pendleton
Iowa
Pullen
Maine
John A. Logan
Gerritt Smith
Morton
Grant
Loring
Guvs
Orr
South Carolina
Oglesby
Illinois
Hawley
Connecticut
Thomas Settle
North Carolina
Judge Settle
Settle
Cullom
U. S. Grant
Wolford
New York
Gen
Republican Party of the
United States
Pacific Railroad
Great Britain
Republican Party
Congress
America
Ulysses
Gov. Noyes
Ohio
Henry Wilson
Bickham
Schuyler Colfax
Indiana
Wilson
Colfax
Scattering
Virginia
Lewis
Henry Lane
Grant Accepts Nomination in Philadelphia Convention Letter
President Grant accepts the Philadelphia Convention nomination for re election. He pledges zeal and devotion to the nation, hopes for peace at home and abroad, and calls for healing among sections and races while protecting all citizens equally. He thanks Thomas Settle and others for the confidence shown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Thos. Settle
Paul Strabach
Elisha Baxter
Philadelphia
J. 8. Grantt
Long Bridge Over Mobile and Tensas Rivers Opens
The Mobile and Montgomery Railroad completes a fifteen mile bridge from Tensas station to Mobile with ten navigable-channel draws. The wooden structure rests on iron cylinder supports sunk to the stream bed after three years of construction costing about 1.5 million dollars. Detectives on site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tensas and Mobile
Mobile and
Montgomery
Tensas Station
Montgomery Road
City of
Mobile
Tensas
Sumner Speech Against Grant Stands Unanswered
A Chicago Tribune summary argues Senator Sumner's indictment of General Grant rests on incontrovertible evidence. It criticizes Conkling and Logan for failing to address key charges and labels Carpenter's defense as weak. The piece frames the speech as a warning to office-holders before the National Convention and notes the indictment remains unrefuted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senator Sumner
Chicago Tribune
Gen
Grant
Sumner
Eivery
Gen. Grant
Philadelphia
Conkling, Morten &Co
Flanagan
Logan
Carpenter
John Logan
Demosthenes
Sumners
Mr. Carpenter
Mr. Sumner
J. Sumner
Sen. Grant
San Domingo
Hayti
Congress
William Lloyd Garrison
Grant Organs
Judge Black on the Situation
Judge Black warns that liberty vanishes not by violence but by slow encroachment. He says government revenues favor monopolists, legislatures are railroad-owned, courts corrupted, and taxation burdens labor while capitalists profit. He foresees resistance if conditions persist and the public repeats past mistakes.
Disjointed items span bets crimes and oddities
A list of brief items includes a youth injuring his shoulder in a failed one dollar bet, a Kalamazoo man claiming Bridgeport property, a veteran sending ten dollars to a conscience fund, and a Guild tone of local curiosities. Other notes mention Nantucket mail trumpet signals, Red Cloud telegrams, a mule's suicide, California agriculture vs mining, and a Port land infant funeral mishap.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Derrott
Cairo
Mississippi
California
Amnesty critique ties to South amid presidential politics
The New York World denounces an Amnesty bill as a sham tied to Grant’s supporters in Congress who push habeas corpus suspension in the South. It warns the plan grants the President dictatorial power and equates it to political coercion for re election, comparing it to a grim choice between danger and poison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grant
Sarveral
Congress
Bayard
Thurman
Eleanor
Rosamond
New York World
Political Notes on 1872 Nominations and Aliases
The piece critiques the 1872 Philadelphia ticket with aliases for Grant and Wilson and mocks Colfax’s troubles. It cites a senator’s inquiry to the Adjutant General about Civil War reinforcements, calls the inquiry improper, and quotes the Albany Argus on alias use by the ticket. It portrays Colfax as defeated and the Smiler figure indignant at the political maneuvers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grant
Virginia
Wilderness
Appomattox
C. H
Adjutant General
Tus
Albany Argus
Philadelphia
Ulysses
Henry Wilson
Jeremiah Colbaith
The Vinegar Liver Remedy Claims Universal Power
An article promotes Dr Walker of California and his Vinegar Sarsaparilla as a universal medicine. It asserts the tonic helps chronic dyspepsia rheumatism liver complaints malarial fevers and nervous prostration. The piece says the remedy may treat disorders not destroying bone or fiber and calls it universally approved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walker
California
Dentists Note On Onset Timing In Mental Illness
Dr Langdon Down reports from nearly a thousand cases that the onset of insanity can be dated by examining dental changes. He presented findings to the Odontological Society, indicating the majority show a definable onset period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Langdon Down
Odontological Society
Merchant's Gargling Oil Praised by New York Independent
The advertising blurb extols Wuerner for use on man or beast, calling Merchant's Gargling Oil an invaluable ointment and asserting it deserves wide use across the land. It claims no proprietary medicine shares greater public goodwill in the United States.
Prussing White Wine Vinegar Promoted For Pickles
An endorsement highlights Prussing's White Wine Vinegar as superb and warranted pure for pickle preservation, praising its quality and suitability.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Senator Wilson
President Grant
A.ways
Judge Black
Washington Capital
Boston
Kalamazoo, Mich
Bridgene Conn
Is Claims
Army of the Tennessee
Conscience Fund
Germantown
Nantucket
Old South Church
Burtis
Davenport
Red Cloud
Charlie
St. Louis
Kan
Portland
Great Smiler
Leather
Prunell
Natick
Ald Leather
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!