Memphis election sparks debate on military rule and liberty
The text notes Mayor Parkswan's re election in Memphis amid threats from Gen Washburne who suspends municipal functions. It questions free government, Reconstruction policy, and civil rights, urging freemen to resist via the ballot while drawing parallels to Chicago and New York and citing Gen Shepley and Mr Lincoln.
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Crops Damaged by Drought and Bugs in Dubuque County
A tour through Julien, Peru, Jefferson, Concord and Liberty Townships shows drought injuries easing after rain but heavy loss from bugs. Wheat and barley suffer stalk damage, corn replanting occurs, potatoes look fair, with some fields nearly or wholly destroyed by chinch bugs and drought. Overall yields not disastrous but not full.
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Julien
Peru
Jefferson
Concord
Liberty
Congress Adopts Adjournment Resolution Amid Turbulent Session
The Congress moves to adjourn promising no new national disgrace before December. Several measures pass including defeat of a liquor tax test and a joint resolution barring insurgent states from electoral votes, excluding Tennessee. The conscription statute is amended reducing the $300 commutation and increasing bounties for volunteers.
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Emancipation and black suffrage debate in party platforms
A late 19th century editorial argues over granting voting rights to every Black man and how party platforms may or may not endorse such reform. It warns Republicans not to ignore the issue and cautions that a Lincoln re election could seal change too late.
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Lincoln calls for half a million more men
The article discusses possible shifts in the Union and Independence Party leadership and imagines reactions to Lincoln's potential death. It mentions rumors about a new head of the party and notes the President would issue a call for half a million additional troops in a few days.
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Ho es on Sanitary Matters Letter to Times Editor
Letter from C B Hewes July 2 1864 defends Sanitary aid to soldiers and explains self funded effort to transport supplies to the front. He argues critics misstate his position and praises chaplains nurses and timely provisioning.
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Opinion on Army Relief Efforts and Sanitary Commission
Civil War era letter argues the Sanitary Commission is inefficient and costly. It proposes county or congressional district aid societies to transport and distribute supplies directly to front line troops. The author, C. Kewna, emphasizes practical relief over rhetoric and cites hospital conditions and charity work to support reform.
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