An Old Story About Repudiation and National Debt
A column reprints a Nation article arguing repudiation of honest contracts harms the nation. It warns greenbacks lack gold backing, notes their market discount, and urges government honor in paying debts. It cites historical examples and warns of ruin if repudiation prevails, urging readers to support the government’s obligations.
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Continental
Rhode Island
New Orleans
United States
Congress
London
Jeff, Davis
South Carolina
Gen. Singleton
Quincy
Grant
Leo
Appomattox
Pendleton
Yallandigham
Stephenson County Soldiers Monument Proposal Urges Honor
A civic appeal urges Stephenson County to build a county soldiers monument listing every local veteran who died in the Civil War. The piece compares the county’s tribute to famed Spartan valor and urges immediate action to engrave names on durable stone for future generations.
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Stephenson
Belmont
Bentonville
Republic
Leonidas
Thermopylae
Mississippi
Ohio
Gulf of Mexico
Cumberland
Fort Donelsan
Tennessee
Shilohy
Georgia
Carolinas
Chickahominy
James
Stephenson County
Washington fight over Grant and the President in Congress
A Washington dispatch discusses the feud between Grant and the President over legal obedience and Reconstruction policy. It notes growing Radical strength, looming impeachment inquiries, and public demand for radical measures, with Grant’s supporters rallying behind him and Creswell proposed as a Border State Vice Presidential pick while Adams resigns as England’s envoy.
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Liberty
Washington
Jefferson
Franklin
South
Supreme Court
Field
Congress
Judiciary Committee
Supreme Bench
Friends of Justice Field
New York
Baltimore
Grant
Lincoln
Fenton
Grow
Stanton
John A J. Creaswell
Maryland
Henry Winter Davis
Senate
United States
Creswell
Winter’ Davis
Border States
Radical
North
Philip Frank Thomas
England
Charles Francis Adams
Great Britain
Botany Bay
Uncle Sam
Johnson to Congress on Britain war demands
It is expected that President Johnson will soon send a message to Congress detailing our demands on Great Britain. There are reasons to believe Johnson is eager to enter a war with Britain to redeem himself politically.
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Johnson
Congress
Great Britain
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Illinois
Reuben E. Fenton
New-York
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U. S. Grant Club
Plymouth Hall
James 8. McCann
Stephenson County Soldiers
Wassington, DC
Epiron Journal
Indicationa
Tos
Gen. A. 8
Andrew Johnson
Raudhns
America
Old Jackson
Louisiana
John Brown
Pope
Sheridan
Sickles
Ord
House of Representatives
Reconstruction Committee
Messrs. Boutwell
Bingham
House
National Bank
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