14 Oct 1868
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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1868
Page
1
The Democratic party is accused of hypocrisy on taxation of bonds. The piece cites debt from the War of 1812 and the Mexican War, argues the party did not tax bonds then, and questions current stance. It notes defections from Irish American leaders and links Belmont to British aims, urging Irish Americans to back Grant.
Horatio Seymour endorses Ku Klux outrages in the South in a letter dated Sept 14 1868 from Urica to John S Tally president of Seymour Knights New Orleans praising Democrats for forming a club and aiding in what he calls relief from a bad government.
A Boston Pilot report cites Schuyler Colfax denying any Know Nothing ties in 1841. Colfax cites a South Bend speech from July 1868 asserting his life upheld equal test for office, condemning forgeries and party prejudice, while urging acceptance of foreign born voters.
The excerpt critiques Democratic candidates pledging to revive the Lost Cause and resume war and taxation, contrasting with Grant urging peace. It notes the 500,000 fallen or maimed soldiers in quelling the rebellion and accuses the party of renewing that conflict.
A polemical piece lists figures linked to Democratic rebels and harsher acts in the Civil War era, naming Jefferson Davis, McCausland, Forrest, Quantrill, and others with accusations of murders, hangings, and oppression. It notes bridge construction progress on a Mississippi crossing, Grant’s political teasing, and Pacific Railroad promises claiming a 1869 completion. The tone argues Democratic role in violence and taxation.
The piece parades a sea of factional rhetoric urging Illinois Democrats to back Reconstruction and oppose Grant. It cites acts from 1861 to 1865, accuses Republicans of carpetbag rule, extols wartime economics, and calls for aggressive pro-Democrat mobilization, with figures and names targeting voters and Irish and German communities.
A historical listing shows the numbers and counties per congressional district in Illinois. District 1 includes Cook. District 2 includes Luke, McHenry, Boone, Winnebago, DeKalb, Kane. District 6 lists Will, Kendall, LaSalle, Grundy, Kankakee, DuPage. District 7 names Iroquois, Ford, Vermillion, Macon, Champaign, Pratt, Moultrie, Edgar, Douglas, Coles, Cumberland, Livingston, Woodford, Tazewell, McLean, Logan, DeWitt, Sangamon. District 9 covers McDonough, Fulton, Schuyler, Mason, Cass, Brown, Pike, Menard. District 10 lists Morgan, Scott, Green, Jersey, Calhoun, Macoupin, Christian, Montgomery, Bond, Shelby. District 11 includes Clark, Crawford, Jasper, Effingham, Fayette, Marion, Clay, Richland, Lawrence, Wayne, Jefferson, Hamilton, Franklin. District 12 comprises Madison, St Clair, Monroe, Randolph, Clinton, Washington. District 13 contains Perry, Jackson, Union, Alexander, Pulaski, Massac, Johnson, Williamson, Pope, Saline, Handin, Gallatin, White, Edwards, Wabash.
A Philadelphia gathering read an eloquent address by General Chipman, urging Union soldiers to vote for Grant and Colfax. The speech emphasizes peace, condemns Horatio Seymour, recalls Union sacrifices, praises the Republican party, and proclaims October 18 a general holiday for veterans. It links victory on October 13 at Five Forks to Grant’s looming triumph at Appomattox.
On the sixth instant three rebel Democrats attempted to chastise a colored schoolteacher in Opelousas Louisiana but were blocked by friends. An armed mob later attacked the segregated community killing or wounding about 300. The Progress office was looted and one editor lynched. Nearby a New York colored orphan asylum near the island’s upper end, three stories, 234 by 125 feet, was completed. Chief Justice Chase reportedly backs General Grant for president and the German Tanner club in Quincy has grown after a failed assassination attempt on Governor Koerner.
Circulars sent to Milwaukee residents claim to recruit agents for a nationwide fake goods trade. The letters propose bulk orders with ridiculous rates and require payment upfront, stating samples worth ten dollars per thousand while offering no real merchandise. The Chicago Journal notes the scheme and warns readers to ignore such solicitations.
Treasury records show the pay and bounty division adjudicated 162000 claims for diseased and discharged soldiers, totaling 19500000 dollars. An additional 41000 claims were rejected, bringing total disposed to 203000 with payments from 25 to 500 dollars to 162000 families. Over 600000 letters were sent, and frauds are negligible. Of 900000 claims filed since the war began, 80000 remain pending, mostly complex. On September 1, 26000 more bounty claims were on file.
Illinois Central tracks the length of many counties from Jo Daviess to Pulaski. A Springfield march by White Boys in Blue ends in brutal assault on a crippled Black man. Other notes cite fair exhibits mockery, political bets, negro suffrage campaigns, and Civil War era letters and recollections.
A vivid 19th century broadsheet letter lambasts African Americans and Northern politicians while urging Irish American voters to back Democrats. It attacks carpetbaggers, refers to Thaddeus Stevens and Vallandigham, and calls for mobilizing Black voters amid protests about taxes and rights.
An Auburn Prison canvass notes daily labor, with results reported by the Auburn Verifier showing 606 for Seymour and Bl and 34 for Grant and Colfax. The piece hints at a Democratic manifesto and mentions figures such as Secretary of War Locke and Petroleum V Nasby amid Rockford plans.
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