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Newspaper
Dubuque Democratic Herald
Location
Dubuque, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1863
Page
2
In the Dubuque Herald opinion pages a fierce abolitionist critique is urged. The piece argues that abolitionists threaten the republic’s nature and the Constitution, warning that resistance could lead to national ruin and civil strife. Names and exact dates are not clear, but the rhetoric centers on preserving the Union and opposing abolitionist influence.
A fractured, eraualing piece comments on Loyal Leagues and military control, denouncing repression and censorship. It questions the origin of hostile communications, questions crowd counts in a Wednesday meeting, and criticizes efforts to suppress dissent while urging firm stand against tyranny.
A fragment from a 19th century dispatch debates deserters, leadership loyalty, and public opinion surrounding the Civil War. The piece cites Col. Stone, President Davis, and Old Abe while noting editorials and partisan stances on emancipation, peace, and military actions in a fevered national moment.
A Confederate era report recounts crude street justice and loyalty tests aboard a steamboat on the lower Mississippi. Soldiers challenge a Black deckhand over race and rank while a provost inquiry examines a woman’s loyalty claims and her husband’s fate in the Ish Uboois regiment.
On the Ith mst a dinner was given to the Hon. James Buchanan at the Bedford Tutel, and the people of the neighborhood paid homage to the president. They honored him for his political views affecting the government, believing Civil War might have been avoided. An afternoon some dates combined in a sentiment of old friendship and respect.
The Missouri Democrat criticizes Mr Lincoln's likely renomination bid, saying he is rapidly driving his political career. It notes the same aggressive push is occurring in every state in the Union.
A faction of Wisconsin Democrats, described as abolitionists for years, urged a Democratic Convention next month. A rival columnist ridicules them, accusing the group of hypocrisy and predicting their political burial on September 17, naming counties Iowa LaCrosse Fon du Lac and Janesville in the caustic critique.
The St Louis Republican reports a large party of wealthy Cretians will sail from Bremen to New York on a maid steamer, touring Boston to Buffalo then on to Cleveland Pittsburg Philadelphia and Baltimore before returning to Europe. The piece notes political forecasts urging Vallandigham’s Ohio victory and calls for peace.
A Victorian society excerpt shows Quilp joking with literal listeners about Bulwer Lytton and a misheard phrase. The scene shifts to a Swratoza Temperance Convention where a commentator invokes Grant and Lincoln in a dry joke about a general's liquor.
The Newport News describes a chilling incident on the 9th in Worcester where fourteen year old Mary Loomis was attacked by Orrin Carr and her brother in law. She was hanged by the neck from a tree with apron bindings. her body was found. Both attackers are jailed in Memetpeliers awaiting trial next month.
In a Charleston update the radical Chicago paper declares after forty eight hours in possession the city, one building remains untouched, one stone unscathed. It urges the government to be arraigned before the country and mankind for its offense.
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