Grand Southern Hero Welcomed in Charleston Return
Gen Wade Hampton arrives in Charleston to a joyous reception after the New York Democratic Convention. A large outdoor meeting honors him as he recalls the war years, lauds Southern resilience, and pledges loyalty to the Democratic platform while urging unity with Northern allies.
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North
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Tammany Hall
Radials
Grant and Cotton Traders Slender Controversy
General Grant defended himself against Democratic accusations of granting a cotton trading privilege to Mack & Brothers in 1862. Henry Mack testified Grant refused the special favor, asserting he serves as a U.S. Army general and cannot discriminate among citizens. Grant stressed his duty to save the country and rejected such permits.
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Cincinnati
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Grant
United States
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Democratic saloon displays Civil War figures and Booth portrait
An Harrisburg saloon displays portraits of Jefferson Davis and other Confederates plus Wilkes Booth. The piece accuses the Democratic party of cussedness and urges Loyal Soldiers to recall Seymour’s veto of a soldier voting bill, noting soldiers’ right to vote was secured by a Republican Legislature over his veto.
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Democratic Party
South Carolina
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Frank P. Blair
United States
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Davis
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Lee
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Buckner
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Wilkes Booth
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Harvest Poem Anon Appears in Freeport Journal Reprint
A reader notes a poem titled The Harvest found on page one hundred of a local page. An anonymous author, likely a Brown accompanying Father Brewster’s family, wrote it for the Freeport Journal and published there four years earlier. The editor states the manuscript remains in private hands.
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German Vote Shifts Support From Democrats
The New York Commercial Advertiser notes growing German support for the Republicans as bankers and merchants switch from Democratic leadership in fear of national ruin under a Democratic victory. The Rochester Democrat reports Germans in the state urging relatives to invest, while a Boston transcript claims German voters around the city will tilt decisively Republican.
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Boston Transcript
Democratic Doctrines Stir War Debates Across Illinois
A fragmentary 1860s political letter cites the Fourteen Amendment and rebel debts, condemns the Democrats for sympathy with the South, and notes press and partisan figures in Illinois. It mentions Wade Hampton, Copperheads, and taxation without representation, with references to veterans and volunteers and a Vermont volunteer.
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