05 Sep 1863
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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1863
Page
1
The issue reports a Minnesota senator’s dialogue with the President over the negro emancipation policy, praises Lincoln, and cites Medary’s Crisis on political alignments. It notes a military inquiry in Indianapolis clearing Milroy and calls for officers to serve in the field. Also covered are crops in England, a Philadelphia contractor’s swindle, and school reopenings with Providence nuns. Col Norman Eddy resigns due to health after wounds.
General Gillmore reports Fort Sumter reduced to useless ruins after seven days of bombardment with batteries 10 000 to 12 500 feet away. He notes effective shelling of Charleston, reports on prison exchanges, and pending actions at Memphis and Detroit amid Civil War briefings and political nominations.
A Washington correspondent accuses President Lincoln of treating the office as sovereign and using the army beyond its proper aims. The piece argues such actions threaten liberties, hinting at election control, conscription pressure, and shifts of troops from Virginia to New York, signaling possible despotism.
A Springfield Republican correspondent reports that in Massachusetts few substitutes are sent for the draft. He cites many men eager to furnish substitutes who are turned away or told to pay 300 dollars due to the board's lack of time. The piece questions whether government priorities are men or money and urges access to substitutes without delay.
An American traveler reports hopes for Maine amid calls to subdue a 6000 vote majority and claims of a Republican split between New England and Northwestern factions over contracts and a war linked to emancipation. He predicts fall elections in Michigan Wisconsin Minnesota will reveal shifts amid wartime unrest. The note also announces T W Rayaway Co stockholders meeting October 7 in Toledo and that Daniel Stout was pardoned for harboring a deserter Reuben Stout.
The record describes cold gloomy November weather and a somber editorial mood. It notes progress in negotiations between Federal and Rebel authorities for a prisoner exchange, expected in a few days. A Canton telegram reports Teperial soldiers capturing seven Rebel prisoners and executing them by eye piercing arrows, burning their bodies.
Washington reports official notice of shelling and the fall of Sumter. Gilmore’s bombardment near Charleston is described as devastating with Beauregard’s defenses under pressure. Reports from Fort Monroe mention Union seizure of forts and naval actions along the James and Charleston rivers.
The Chicago Times argues the war’s issue hinges on whether insurgent states must accept restoration with constitutional terms or be treated as territories. It urges North Carolina to return only on constitutional grounds, warning radical policy could prolong the conflict. The piece links electoral outcomes in Ohio Pennsylvania Wisconsin and Iowa to a federal shift and a quicker Union victory.
A Saturday Democratic gathering at Wealey Chapel drew a small start but filled as Mr. Carson spoke. Carson argued the party’s stance and constitutional preservation by ballot box success, followed by J A France whose hourlong speech drew loud applause.
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