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Newspaper
Dubuque Democratic Herald
Location
Dubuque, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1863
Page
2
The article satirizes Miss Anna Dickinson and her Lincoln era oration at a Union League gathering. It mocks her style and suggests mixed reactions from the crowd, praising and condemning her opinions and performance while lampooning gendered expectations.
The Vallandigham arrest has caused deep sensation in New York political circles. The New York Tribune condemns it as foolish, while The World denounces the action as odious. Lincoln’s power is deemed insufficient to avert arbitrary arrest for a citizen. Seymour vows protection of state citizens against despotic powers as Lincoln weighs the issue.
A chaotic dispatch last Saturday sparked rumors and celebration across cities as word spread that Hooker had been badly whipped. Nearly ten thousand people joined the jubilation while the authorities allowed the frenzy to run its course amid wild, unverified chatter and a stray tale of pigeons.
The War Department issues detailed exemptions and medical disqualifications for the draft. It lists multiple categories including the Vice President, top government officials, governors, and certain dependents as exempt, and specifies illnesses and disabilities that render a drafted man unfit. The document outlines proof requirements for various conditions such as insanity, cognitive impairments, organ failures, and chronic diseases, plus physical criteria and dental and eye impairments impacting eligibility.
The text outlines medical disqualifications for draft exemption including organ and limb conditions, spinal curvatures, chronic ulcers, and loss of digits. It sets procedures for proof, affidavits from witnesses, and requires oaths before civil magistrates. It also explains the process to obtain official rolls from the War Department and the obligation to provide clear proof of exemption eligibility.
A bitter observation laments a man crawling before the administration and accepting oppression in the name of citizenship. The piece condemns endorsing tyrannical powers and defects in the so called birthright, framing it as servitude.
A private penning from a tired eighteen month service demands a fifteen day furlough to move his family to the poor house, and General Rose Crans grants the request. In another item, Union League enemies clash with pistols stones and torches as they try to stop Senator Hendricks of Indiana from speaking in Greene County. a riot follows, but the speech proceeds.
The New York Tribune denounces the arrest of Mr Vallandigham as impolitic and a blow to the Union cause. It views the act as a dangerous signal for attacks against Gen Bara and implies it could be as formidable as Confederate cannon at Fredericksburg.
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