End of Volume Ten and Beginnings of Volume Eleven
A newspaper notes the new volume start and recalls eighteen years of publication. The piece pledges continued advocacy for liberal principles, justice, and human freedom, urging readers to boost circulation and support. It includes a political exchange about veto power and President Andrew Johnson, framing him as tribune of the people and defending past integrity while predicting future accountability.
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President Johnson's stump speech draws sharp criticism
A contemporary observer condemns the Presidents political rhetoric at a White House crowd, accusing him of sinking to lower stump speech tones. The piece quotes passages defending the Union, denouncing slander, and lamenting opposition while recalling the war era debates and loyalty to soldiers and sailors.
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Tribune of the People
Southern Papers Mock Civil Rights Bill Reactions
Southern newspapers respond with bitter flags of opposition to the Civil Rights Bill. The New Orleans Picayune, Augusta Constitutionalist, Memphis Argus, and Mobile Register denounce Congress and warn of oppression, declaring the measure a blow to liberty and an assault on the conquered South amid postwar tensions.
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New Orleans Picayune
Augusta
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Stuart
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Madioness
President's Speech Prompting Call for Committee Probe
A Chicago Republican editorial suggests the President's repeated claims of wartime sacrifice warrant a congressional select committee. It proposes examining what compensation, if any, could restore him to his pre rebellion political standing and condition.
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Congress
Chicago Republican
Europe in turmoil as reform bill looms in Britain
The Persia brings Liverpool dates to the 7th. Most MPs likely back the reform bill, with Gladstone warning the Government must stand or fall on the issue. Austria and Prussia tensions rise, Europe fears war as France mobilizes army on the frontier and minor German states arm.
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Persia
Liverpool
Gladstone
Austria
Prussia
Europe
France
Congressional Session Highlights and Civil War Era Debates
Senate and House actions span the 16th to the 21st with reports on assay offices in western states, a commission on Mississippi River bridges, a volunteer militia bill, and naval officer appointments. Debates cover habeas corpus, pension reforms, an army reorganization, and rail and Indian treaty appropriations, plus a Niagara canal idea and a Colorado state admission discussion. The District marks Emancipation Day with a President address to about 6,000 Black residents.
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Mississippi River
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Washington Chronicle
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van Horn
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Yeas
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Buckalew
Guthriel Hendricks
Ishmael Day
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Gilmor
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District of Columbia
White House
Temperance
United States
Various Postwar Updates From Portland to New York
Reports cover a Portland cholera death, Wisconsin and New York political results, military and diplomatic changes in France and the U.S. Civil War aftermath, the president’s stance on reconstruction, and naval transfers. Notable items include Louis Napoleon withdrawals, May 18 releases, Mississippi-era law shifts, and a rising trichina scare in Iowa pork.
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Virginia
New York
Liverpool
England
Portland
Old and New School Presbyterian Reunion Discussed
The coming session of the Old School Presbyterian Church at St. Louis is watched with interest as it is likely to include discussion on reuniting the Old and New School branches.
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Old School Presbyterian Church
St. Louis
Marriages in Nevada Iowa and Jo Daviess County
Two nuptials recorded: J B Taylon of this city wed Carrie Bamberuer at the brides home in Nevada Iowa on the eighteenth instant with Rev Francis Sluiser officiating. Another couple Charles W Wolf and W M Chambers married April 19 1860 at James Parkinson residence by Rev J P Schnur of Yellow Creek Alabama, both of Jo Daviess County.
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Iowa
Francis Sluiser
J. B Taylon
This City
Carrie Bamberuer
This County
James Parkinson
J. P. Schnur
Yellow Creek
Charles W. Wolf
W. M. Chambers
Jo Daviess County
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