Executive appointments and removal power in Congress debate
The piece argues Congress should curb presidential removals during Senate recess, asserting the Constitution does not grant arbitrary power to the President. It cites historical practice from Washington to Jackson, condemns spoils-driven removals, and calls for legislative restraint to preserve Senate prerogatives and public morality.
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Congress
Johnson
Senate
Supreme Court
United States
Conegresa
Republic
Jackson
Washington
Adams
Jefferson
Madison
Monroe
John Quincy Adams
Calhoun
Parton
New Orleans
Freedom's Martyrs Portrait in a Civil War Poem
A reader summary of a poem about a Illinois man who sent five sons to war. One fell at Lexington, one at Shiloh, one at Pea Ridge, one at Fredericksburg, and one at Murfreesboro. The father mourns yet honors their sacrifice as martyrs for the Right and for the country.
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Thomas Clirake
Elgin
Ilinois
Lexington
Shiloh
Pea Ridge
Fredericksburg
Murffreesho
Illinois Sabbath Scout Convention in Rockford
The Illinois Sabbath Scout Convention will meet in Rockford on Tuesday June 12. The notice urges full representation from Sabbath Schools across the state, praising the gathering as highly interesting and profitable for religious work. Emphasis on northern Illinois' active participation.
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Illinois
Rockford
Presidential quip on breeches repair joke
A Connecticut office seeker asked if the breach between the President and Correas could be repaired. President Johnson replied he is not so much in the line of repairing breeches as he formerly was.
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Johnson
Connecticut
Correas
Colfax
Congress
Treasury
House
Colorado
Grant
Washington
Richmond
Treasury Department
Secretary of the Treasury
The
Revenue Commission
Geo. Hepworth
Boston
Gen. Sherman
Sherman
Sheridan
America
Congressional activity across Senate and House summaries
Senate and House actions span late February legislative activity. Debates, readings, and votes cover postal and commercial regulation, naval pay, nitro glycerine inquiry, Colorado admission, habeas corpus, Pacific Railroad reporting, Northern Pacific, and West Indies telegraph bills with multiple amendments and conference appointments.
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Senate
House
Department of the Navy
Committee On Commerce
Pacific Railroad Committee
Reconstruction Committee
Tennessee
Jeff. Davis
Judiciary Committee
Colorado
Messrs. Nye
Doolittle
Sumner
Fry
Roscoe Conkling
New York
Blaine
Woodbridge
West Point
Wisconsin
Howe
Messrs. Conkling
Blains
Northern Pacific Railroad
Committee of Ways and Means
Garrett Davis
West Indies
Washington City
Court of Claims
Farnsworth and Washburne
Illinois
Wilson
Congress
Theouse
Mor Stevens
Messrs. Hingham
Rovers
Grinnell
Stevens
Banks
Messrs. Wright
Harding
Price
Lawn
Spalding
Ohio
Yeas
Vast array of postwar notes from Illinois and beyond
Reports from Champaign Peoria Joliet and Chicago note woolen factory plans peach crop prospects cattle trade and sturgeon catch. Washington updates include Grant and Johnson politics, Jefferson Davis trials, Colorado admission, and cholera fast day. Quebec and England items mention Mrs Davis travel and Fenian actions.
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Kentucky
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Montreal
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Joliet
Chicago Theological Seminary
Congregational
Wade Hampton
South Carolina
Pittsburgh
Col
J. B. Kinsman
Gen. Butler
Texas
Sreedmen’s Bureau
Straits of Mackinac
Virginia
Jeff Davis
Chase
Hatch
Williamson
Iowa
Messrs. Eivarts
Clifford
Rousseau
Mr. Speed
West
Crawford County Argus
Theodore Tilton
Independent
Indiana
Schuyler Colfax
Knox College
State Street
Clay
Clement C
Boston Advertiser
Florida
Cass
Detroit
Mrs. Davis
Seward
Motley
Vienna
Maximillian
Springnfield
UnitedStates Court
Potoffice
Supreme Court of Massachusetts
Birmingham
England
Joseph Hooker
Massachusetts
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Savannah
Laurel Grove
Danville
Christian Observer
South
Jefferson Davis
London
Prince of Wales
Memphis
John E. Smith
Smith
Galena
Austria
Austrian Empire
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