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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1873
Page
7
A lengthy policy address discusses currency elasticity, banking reform, and fiscal measures. It urges prohibiting interest-bearing notes, expanding minting, canal and river improvements, navy readiness, postal operations, and educational and census planning, with state-wide plans for irrigation and Idaho-like expansion.
The document discusses renewing a recommendation for general amnesty to Congress, noting few late rebels remain under disabilities but enough to affect irrigation. It advocates testing eligibility to hold office and enacting laws to better secure civil rights for freedmen, signed by the executive in December 1873.
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