We will Not Turn our Backs Upon the Past
A historical lament recalling Lincoln as a noble pilot lost to assassination. The text frames a pledge to honor Lincoln’s memory and unite the nation, resisting treason and vowing not to turn our backs on the past. It cites Thomas A. Hendricks contrasting a future focus with the stated imperative to remember.
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Thomas A. Hendricks
Msde
Indianapolis
Republican Party of the
United States
Philadelphia
Pacific Railroad
Great Britain
Republican Party
Congress
America
Reellion
Ulysses
Grant
Ory. Alee
Henry_Wilson
Greeley Doctrine Exposed By Early Party Papers
A compact survey of early Greeley supporters in Missouri and Kentucky, listing platform pledges and calls for white supremacist policies, with extolling rhetoric about restoring the South and paying slaveholders. It frames Greeley as a beacon for Democratic allies and warns of Ku Klux fears following his potential victory.
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Democratic Party
Greeley
Sabbath Observance Proposal At Rochester Convention
At the State Congregational Convention in Rochester last Wednesday a proposal urged shifting worker pay to Monday from Saturday. It claimed European and American experience shows better Sabbath observance and improvements in temperance morals markets and finances for those employers who implement the change. The resolution calls patriots and Christian people to consider the subject carefully.
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Rochester
Europe
America
Senate terms end March fourth with mixed party shifts
Twenty four U S Senators face expiry March 4. Eight states have chosen successors leaving six Republicans and two Democrats. Indiana and Pennsylvania settled. elections due in Alabama Arkansas Florida Georgia Illinois Kansas Louisiana Missouri Nevada New York North Carolina South Carolina Vermont Wisconsin. Republicans may lose Alabama Georgia Louisiana North Carolina. gain Illinois by defeating Trumbull the Coalitionist. Democrats in the state accused of bad faith with the Liberals as Hendricks and Cravens vote shows.
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Binghampton
N. Y
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Memphis
Tribune
Seymour
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Georgia
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Louisiana
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Wisconsin
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Trumbull
Bishop Loguen A Founder Of Underground Railroad Aid
Bishop W. J. Loguen of the African Methodist church, a former slave, fled to Canada after fleeing his master on a Sunday. He rose to prominence as a preacher and helped numerous enslaved people escape to the North and Canada, earning the title Underground Railroad King alongside abolitionists Gerritt Smith Lewis Tappan Peter Plunam Theodore Wright.
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W. J. Loguen
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Saratoga
Canada
Gerritt Smith
Lewis Tappan
Peter Putnam
Theodore 8. Wright
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Campaign fatigue and audience numbers concern speakers
The writer notes relief that the campaign ends and cites audiences ranging from 1,000 to 25,000 who have endured two to three hours listening to powerful orators. The piece warns it is not well that such influence has taken hold.
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