The Presidential Apostasy and Rock River Plan
A February 1866 editorial denounces President Johnson as a traitor to the Union for vetoing the Freedmen's Bureau Bill, arguing martial law and anti-Republican acts mark his apostasy. It then reports a Rock River Improvement Convention in Beloit style, urging navigable rivers, new towns, and broader canal and railroad reforms to spur growth and curb railroad monopolies.
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Johnson
Great
Union Party
Fort Sumpter
Freedmen’s Bureau
Freedmen’s, ‘Bureau
Congress
Abraham Lincoln
Senate
Council Chamber
Copperhead
Tle
Rock River Valley
Rock River
Mississippi
Lake Winnebago
Lake Michigan
St. Louis
Bouth
Ra Aeoy Pte
Rock
River Valley
Sos
Beloit
Wis
Uo An
Wisconsin
Rockton
Nature
Pecatonica
Rock Island
Watertown
Galena and
Chicago Union Railroad
Imme
Federal Grant backs resumption of The Lichmond Examiner
The order allowing the Lichmond Examiner to resume is issued by Gen Grant. The paper must not oppose the Government in the future and should support loyalty to the Union. Other items note heightened Allied moves in the Paraguay conflict with Brazilian and Argentine forces near Paso de Patria and planned combined land and naval attacks. Coverage also reports debates on taxing tobacco by leaf, political resolutions in New Jersey and Iowa regarding Freedmen’s Bureau support, cabinet post removals, Mrs. Jeff. Davis in Macon society, a Baltimore fire death, the Voorhees case, and Fenian Congress adjournment. Weather, church incidents, and other brief items follow.
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Lichmond Examiner
Grant
Union
Supreme Court
Paraguay
Paso de Patria
New Jersey Senate
Winfield
Johnson
Scovel
Senate
Iowa
Stanton Speed
Harlan
Jeff. Davis
Howell Cobb
Macon
Georgia
Aleigh
Baltimore
Daniel Webster Voorhees
Congress
Indiana
Col. Washburne
Baptists
New England
Brown University
Providence
Fenian Congress
Brotherhood
House
Messrs. McKee
Kentucky
Bromwell
Thhmois
Beaman
Michigan
Clark and
Plants
Ohio
Rochester
Edwin Lawrence
Essex Countty
Mass
Newburyport
New Hampshire State
Seward
Sea King
London
San Francisco
Low
Col. Hawkins
Andrew Johnson
Salon Mass
Missour
Grant Admits Freedmen Bureau Essential Until Civil Law Enforced
General Grant declares in December 1865 that the Freedmen's Bureau is an absolute necessity until civil law is established and enforced to secure freedmen rights and protection. He notes Southern attitudes will take years to change and calls for laws and foster care from reliable counselors for a period.
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Freedmen’s Bureau
South
Gen. Grant
European affairs and Fenian notes across nations
European advices list Feb 9 by Moravian and Feb 10 by City of Baltimore. Queen Victoria opens Parliament praising end of US war and slavery, notes satisfactory British foreign relations and Fenian threats. French Senate reply to Napoleon warns against haughty language over Mexico. House of Commons considers British representations on Fenianism. Donohue amendment to probe Irish distress fails 346 to 25. Fenian charges trace to American origins. Seward called key center. Spain gears to issue letters of marque vs Chile. Italy protests Spain’s declarations. Austria refuses Prussian demands on the Duchies.
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Victoria
United States
Great Britain
Napoleon
Mexico
Baltimore
House of Commons
America
Donohue
Seward
Llead
Spain
Italy
Prussia
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Washington
Republican Party
Columbia
Cox and Salsbury
McDougall
Vallandigham
Mr. Johnson
Rockford
Tueaday
Daniel Richards
Whiteside County
Vick
Wm.d. Conklin
Fond du Lac
A. Dennis
Jefferson County
H.P. Strong
Rock County
H. M. Lewis
Dodge County
M. Church
Winnebago County
J. W. Shaffer
Stephenson County
S. M. Pearson
Ogle County
Joseph Utley
Lee County
I. S. Hyatt
Oeford
J. Q. Griffith
Fond du Loie
Boardman
Dixons
G. J. Bock
Fulton
Freeport
Chicago
Denmark
Union Company
Union Line
Illinois Central Railroad
Board of Trade of Chicago
Ogden
Tilden
St. Lawrence
Gulf
Northwest
Dayton
Wallandingham
Senate Committee
Trict of
Bureau
Aia
Sen
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