Adjutant General bill to form white rifle clubs into regiments
A Freeport column reports from Columbia that the Adjutant General has drawn a bill authorizing Governor Lampton to organize white rifle clubs into volunteer regiments, each company having sixty men, with state army support for the units. The item also notes a Chicago meeting of Union League groups assessing revival and alignment with Southern policy, plus commentary on political figures and a Springfield dispute over a legislator's conduct.
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Columbia, & C. Sys
Lampton
Union League Association
National Union League
Chicago
George
Narlow
Union League
Karlow
Slayes
Ifa
Union League of America
Tie
National Grand Council of the
Minois
National Union League of Minois
Dlinois
Mome
Give the President a Chance
Editorial urges giving President Hayes a fair chance to pursue his Southern policy with patriotism and conciliation. It defends his honesty and aims to restore peace while protecting civil rights, asking Republicans to support rather than hinder his efforts and to wait for outcomes.
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Chicago Evening Journal
Republican Party
Republican editors excluded from state committee meeting
The Cincinnati Gazette prints an extract from the Jackson Star noting ten Republican editors were barred from state committee consultations after an invitation to attend the Republican State Committee meeting. The piece claims the committee would not let party workers be heard and that there was a single policy view, forcing the consultation to end.
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Cincinnati Gazette
Jackson
Ohio
Coun‘ci
Northern Preparedness Against Southern Outrage Urged
The Wittsburg Commercial urges Northern people to prepare for potential outrage from the South and dismisses any claim that the President will check the bad faith of recusant Democrats as nonsense.
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Wittsburg
Watterson’s Forgiveness of Union Soldiers Cited
The writer praises Watterson for his generous stance toward Union soldiers, noting he acknowledged that even those who fought against him in the sectional conflict were comrades in arms. He emphasizes Watterson’s claim that every soldier who sacrificed life for his beliefs deserves respect, regardless of battlefield allegiance.
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Watterson
Almit
Ahabeach
Washington Letter on Congress and Navy Corruption
Regular correspondent reports political deadlock in Washington May 2 with talk of an extra session of Congress and the 45th Congress convening July 15. It notes possible House leadership, Speaker Randall for Democrats, Garfield for Republicans, and debates over session length. It also critiques Navy contracts and Construction and Repair practices, plus an invitation to Gen. John A. Logan to speak at Decoration Day.
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Wasnueror
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Supreme Court Room
United States
Confederate States
House
Randall
Morrison
Sayler
Ohio
Cox
New York
Walker
Virginia
Garfield
Navy
Inland Marine
Robeson
John A. Logan
Rockford
St. Petersburg
Asia
Nicholas
Bucharest
Galatz
Reni
Ibrail
Baniassa
Giurgevo
Isamma
Tomrova
Roumania
Russia
Brenin
War News From The Fronts Across Europe
Paris dispatches and London reports detail Russian advances near Kars and Batoum, Turkish defenses, and Romanian relations amid the Ottoman crisis. Moscow and St Petersburg relay conflicting signals while Britain weighs loyalty, neutrality, and potential disarmament, with Gladstone’s resolutions under debate in the Commons.
Extra Session of Congress Proclamation by President Hayes
President Hayes issues a proclamation convening the Forty-fourth Congress in extra session on October 15 1877 to consider measures for the public welfare after the prior adjournment without appropriations for the army. Contemporary editorials from The Cincinnati Commercial Louisville Courier Journal and Philadelphia Press comment on Republican Southern policy and Hayes administration.
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United States of Arica
Rutherford B. Hayes
United States
Houses of Congress
Washington
United States of America
William NM
Evers
Cincinnati
Philadelphia
Dent Hayes
Republica
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