Andrew Johnson Doctrine on State Status in 1860 Speech
The Philadelphia Press reprints Johnson’s 1860 Senate remarks on secession, statehood, and territorial status. He questions whether Kansas and Louisiana revert to territorial pupilage if readmitted or withdraw, and cites the Ostend manifesto to justify federal control over new territories and subjugation of seceding states.
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California
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Florida
South Carolina
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Ex Slaveholder’s Fair Policy Highlighted by Tennessee Planter
The Memphis Post quotes George S. Taylor of Tipton County Tennessee, a major planter, praising his humane treatment of enslaved people before emancipation. Taylor argues his respectful approach yielded better labor and trust, noting some freed individuals stayed and proved industrious. He favors universal suffrage and amnesty as national solutions.
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National Johnson Mass Convention Call at Philadelphia
Washington June 25 A national union convention will be held in Philadelphia on August 14 with at least two delegates from each district two from each territory two from the District of Columbia and four delegates at large from each state Delegates must support the Union and abolition of slavery and loyalty to the Constitution The call urges peaceful measures and excludes nonconformists. Also lists Senate term expirations and seat vacancies amid political canvass including Sherman re election Cole Harlan Patterson and Kirkwood changes.
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Cornelius Cole
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James W. Patterson
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Johnson and his hobby riding Congress critique
A Y Tribune opinion mocks President Johnson for using Reconstruction as a recurring hobby. It argues his Congress speech is ill timed and unnecessary, comparing his fervor to medical and theological zealotry, while noting Congress handles the nation’s duties with mixed pace and spirit.
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Pardon Form For Rebels And Maxilian Profile
The form of pardon for rebels grants Andrew Johnson clemency with conditions including oath, slave-prohibition, and payment of costs. A separate dispatch describes Maxi milian in Mexico City as a tall, skilled horseman and scholar, praised for benevolence and judgment, admired by French officers.
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Andrew. Johnson
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