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Newspaper
Dubuque Democratic Herald
Location
Dubuque, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1864
Page
2
The piece denounces Lincoln and Johnson, arguing the Baltimore platform betrays constitutional fidelity and pushes abolition and ruinous policies. It asserts the Democracy must restore power to Fremont to avert continued wartime excess and fiscal collapse, calling for a renewal of Democratic leadership.
In 1865 the Kentucky minister Rev Dr Breckinridge wrote to Mr Seward warning that if the Republican party holds its doctrines the North faces deeper stakes in abolishing slavery and enduring a permanent dominion that would make any form of government intolerable, signaling stark partisan concern amid Civil War tensions.
The Chinchas Islands dispute dominates Peruvian news as Spain holds the islands and demands on Peru. Peru, aided by allies, resists while Britain France and Chile seek peaceful settlement. Military mobilization rises in Peru as calls for 100000 volunteers and 10 000 in ten battalions emerge. forts at Callao are armed and negotiations with Spain falter.
Special dispatch recounts the assault on McPherson lines with fierce hand to hand fighting. Rebels press dense cover to reach Witker's battery but are repulsed. McPherson Logan and Dodge lead, losses exceed 2000 on the Confederate side while Union casualties stay under 100. Hooker and Wood's corps maneuvered along the field, several brigades sustain heavy combat, orders for renewed attack issued at night.
A wealthy Southfield farmer imprudently supports an interracial relationship with a young 16 year old daughter. The couple fled with her trunks and clothing after a moonlit courtship ending in elopement. The father seeks no trace while the pair reportedly may head to Canada to marry.
Mysterious disruption halted a Kentucky stagecoach as passengers and mail cargo were found stranded. Authorities reported no injuries and initiated an inquiry into the cause of the stoppage, with transport officials promising updates.
A Citizen excerpt from Chaplain Reid of the 6th regiment quotes his Adjutant General report noting morale decline in camp life. He lists chapel meetings and religious activity while detailing drinking, profanity, and gambling among soldiers, portraying a somber war time moral landscape and wider county impact.
Long 1864 missive from a presidential candidate thanking Cleveland convention delegates for nominating him. He discusses constitutional liberty, war powers, reconstruction, and the need to unite the nation. He accepts the Cleveland nomination if Lincoln is renominated, resigns his army commission to preserve speech, and urges support for a candidate aligned with Federal principles.
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