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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1872
Page
2
A fragment cites candidates James Taggart of Stephenson Jo Daviess A M Jones and James Cochran as state officials and quotes Horace Greeley at Pittsburg on September 19 1872 urging open discussion before the Southern audience to gauge support for disunion and free debate among citizens.
The item recalls reform pressure on General Grant noting Greeley’s earlier pushes in Maine, Vermont, and now the West. It portrays Trumbull as a reformer who sought patronage for relatives early in Grant’s administration, prompting critique of reform rhetoric.
The piece notes sad mood among Greeley men wandering city streets and laments their fortunes. It mentions The Star backing Grant, predicting victory and a four and a half year presidential term. Uncle Horace is praised yet criticized for causing public confusion and shifting winds.
The speech by Gen Beveridge, our candidate for Lieutenant Governor, delivered last Thursday evening in this part of the State, was candid, lucid and convincing. He attacked Greeley and the Democratic party with strong argument, leaving listeners pleased with his address as Tuners displayed strong support a day earlier.
A Kentucky address attacks Horace Greeley over racial disfranchisement claims and war loyalty, arguing no federal law wrongfully barred voting. It questions Greeley’s oath, rebukes his peace rhetoric, and laments ongoing war casualties, debt, and national mourning.
In a vocal attack Trumbull claimed $95,000,000 was lost yearly in tax collection. A letter from Civil Service Commissioners including Joseph Medill disputes the claim, noting Treasury figures show defalcations at about $300,000 over 3.5 years. The piece presses Trumbull to retract.
In a letter to Hon Franklin Blair from two or three years ago Mr. Greeley noted that he had learned principles become inconvenient when personal aggrandizement is the aim. He warned that such a path requires loosening or discarding principles entirely.
A defense against charges of rekindling civil war fever during postwar Pittsburgh events. The speaker defends Pennsylvania soldiers, notes unity after Appomattox, and rejects slanders about resolutions and wartime animosity. The piece cites Trumbull’s $10,000 Supreme Court bill as political theater and criticizes fiscal excess.
The writer rebukes Horace Greeley for claiming soldiers who fought with Lee and Jackson should be honored as part of the American heritage, arguing the nation will not equate treason with loyalty. He insists patriots will forgive but not forget and denounces Greeley as appeasing traitors and copperheads.
Trumbull, labeled a reformer, backed Grant until he sought numerous positions for relatives and friends. He listed dozens of offices from Consul General to Internal Revenue Supervisors, with 97 names including a brother-in-law. He reportedly cried and threatened the President over his son.
A lengthy eyewitness tally chronicles a Septembers parade in Greeley led by Col. Williams and Col. Lee with bands, wagons, and many children. The account praises the display as a strong showing for Lyman Trumbull and notes the remarkable sweep of support likened to a tidal rise in Freeport and Quincy.
In Cincinnati Ben Butler criticizes Horace Greeley for misrepresenting Civil War demands. He argues Republicans passed the Fourteenth Amendment against all Democrats, cites ratifications by Georgia Arkansas North Carolina South Carolina Alabama, and asserts no Democratic Congressmen voted for it.
A speaker assails claims about rebel debt payment and loyal states compliance. He cites Tribune Almanac to challenge a candidate and argues the record shows little has been done by rebel states despite assurances. The discussion questions honesty and the interpretation of recent statements.
A copy of resolutions by Barnes Greeley read at Greeley meeting in Warren Pennsylvania. They deride abolitionists and secessionists uniting under one flag and lampoon Horace Greeley and Jeff Davis. The five resolutions mock equality of races and parties, praise liberalism, and advocate mixing Dixie with Yankee, turning the Constitution, Bible, and Mormon texts, and endorsing Horace Greeley with satirical radicalism.
Horace Greeley’s plan to visit Chicago is canceled after his Western tour erratic rhetoric. He shifts from Louisville to Indianapolis then aims elsewhere to defeat Grant, leaving Chicago disappointed. Reports note his Cincinnati finance address and Newport Kentucky South talk as overripe, while labeling him increasingly irrational.
Senator Carpenter delivered a rousing speech in Warren last Saturday night while Trumbull remained silent about the 910 000 figure referenced in his Dolly Varden speech here, leaving attendees curious about the missing details and financial implications.
The Greeley organ of New York defends its stance amid scrutiny, asserting that Greeley is not a rank infidel nor a free-lover and challenging allegations from opponents.
The notice states that Republican meetings will be addressed by the following speaker. The schedule indicates the day and sequence of events to follow with location and times to be announced.
Hon James Shaw candidate for elector will address Lena residents Friday evening October 3 and Ridott Station at Babcock Hall on Thursday October 4 at 1 o clock. Ladies invited. District event promotes electoral engagement in the region.
The burglar Billy Forrester, discharged in New York for a murder charge linked to Nath an, and held as an escaped convict from Illinois State Penitentiary, arrived in Chicago Saturday under Warden Edwards and two detectives for Joliet. He owes the State Penitentiary thirteen years for burglary near Chicago years ago.
The first heavy frost of the season touched the Northwest on Friday morning but the corn crop, though matured, benefits from frost at this stage. Grain men estimate the national harvest at about one and a half billion bushels, which, with fair prices, would greatly lift aggregate wealth and please agricultural communities.
Gen Atkins spoke in Rock Falls delivering a plain direct address with supporting documents and statistics. The crowd from Rock Falls and Sterling applauded as he critiqued opponents without venom, urging voters to consider the issues. the meeting was crowded and considered a success, despite some disappointment over absent speakers from Morrison and Amboy.
Local papers report a surge of sickness across Fox River towns including Elgin, Rock Falls, and Sterling. Up to a thousand sick in Sterling, with fevers and cholera infantum among children, forcing possible factory suspensions and severe labor shortages as physicians strain to care for the ill.
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