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Newspaper
Dubuque Democratic Herald
Location
Dubuque, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1863
Page
2
A Dubuque Herald piece argues for the president’s powers to emancipate enslaved people, suppress dissent, and enforce wartime authority. It calls on citizens to volunteer support, criticizes Copperheads, and urges Loyal Leaguers to resist the Confederate threat and defend the Union.
A mass meeting of the Democracy of Wisconsin was held in Milwaukee on the 25th. Prominent speakers including Hon. SoS. Cox of Chin addressed thousands. Enthusiasm and resolution supported retention of constitutional government and federal and state rights, with opposition to secession and constitutional warfare.
Harrisburg correspondent reports the New York volunteers, led by Gov. Seymour, faced harsh reception and were underpaid by locals. Soldiers endured high prices for meals as residents restricted charity, with rare acts of kindness noted. A call for better town courtesy toward returning troops is echoed.
The May return from the Poor Law Board for all England indicates 1 059 7 1L paupers receiving relief, up 102 862 from the prior year’s period, with the increase concentrated in the north. In 1961 the rise was at least 206 801. A Boston Police Court judge ruled that bartering is not a lawful occupation and sentenced two women claiming the trade to the House of Industry.
Morning papers describe Confederate actions in Chambersburg with property seizures and arson including mills and bridges. A separate Union dispatch praises a raid from Corinth to Florence burning factories and warehouses, destroying mills and wagons while advancing through wheat fields.
Gen. Ben Butler was knocked down by neighbor Mr. Russell in Dowell after a dispute over a drain tile laying. Butler claimed Russell struck him with profanity and violence, then Russell fought back and pinned Butler, asserting his liberty and Democratic principles amid the confrontation.
The New York Times condemns General Miles for his Winchester conduct as disgraceful. It notes he held fortifications with ten thousand troops against fifteen thousand rebels but retreated with heavy losses, abandoning a key position on the Harper's Ferry route. The piece calls him an abolition general and criticizes his anti Democrat and anti women stance, portraying him as a weak representative of the abolition cause.
In the Syracuse Journal the encounter of Mr Thurlow Weed with Richard Adams is recounted. Weed, returning from Rochester after a funeral, meets Adams at the depot and recalls helping his father run a tavern at Corondaga Forty years apart but a shared memory connects them.
William Smith, conductor on the Buffalo Lake Huron route, was arrested by Detective Marvel for stealing a lady passenger’s pocketbook containing ten dollars while she slept. Marvel and Ken traced the theft to the car berth, observed the thief place the money on the floor, and arrested him at the Chief’s office. The case is credited to Marvel and documented by the Buffalo Commercial.
Since January 1861 the recruiting ship Ohio at Boston has supplied seventeen thousand men to the United States naval service more than half the total from all stations. Recruits are arriving at a rate of seventy to seventy five men.
James Brooks writes to General Schenck criticizing the suppression of New York newspapers and urging protection of free speech. He recalls their Whig past, accuses Milroy and others of misusing troops, and warns against editor suppression on the Baltimore route to the capital. He pledges to press Whig loyalty and oppose disloyal press in Congress.
The passage argues that conscription provokes resistance among free states, citing an assault on a Provost Marshal in Indiana. It claims Indiana supplied more than its 50,000 quota, contrasts with Massachusetts, and urges the administration to adjust policies to prevent further incursions on individual liberty and state sovereignty.
A skeptical critique notes Administrationists run Democrats for office, citing John Brough of Ohio as a Democrat who voted for Fremont and Lincoln. The Boston Courier mocks Republicans for using old affiliations as evidence of merit, likening it to worn testimonials.
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