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Newspaper

Freeport Journal

Location

Freeport, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Sep 15, 1880

Page

7

Republican Meeting Addresses and Veterans Circle

Republican mass meetings will be held at Freeport Dakota McConnell s Grove Buckeye Florence with speakers P W Wilcox D H Sunderland R H Wiles J H Cochran and Hart s School House Good speakers Also patriotic circulars from the National Veteran Club Washington August 1880 urge veterans to defend pension laws and denounce the Democratic party for obstructing relief and for courting the solid south Historic pension figures and voting records are cited to prove Republican support for soldiers and families.

Lincoln Stanton SuMner Morton Chandler Freeport Col P. W. Wilcox Mendota Carpenter Dakota D. H. Sunderland Mcconnell's Grove R. H. Wiles Buckeye Town House J. H. Cochran Florence Hart's School House National Veteran Club Washington Republican Party United States Democratic Party Congress H. J. B. Cummings Iowa House of Representatives M. Haskell Kansas Mays Senate Ingalls South A. V. Rice Ohio Secretary of the Interior Rice Committee On Eugene Hale Maine Solid North Solid South National Veteran Clusb District of Columbia Golid Army of the Union Micheal Moloch J. O. P. Burnside R. Hamil J.R. Thompson ER. W. Whitaker H. W. Brelsford W. B. Parisen

Grant on Order 40 and Hancock solid for Garfield

The interview recounts Grant’s view of Hancock’s Order No 40 in Louisiana and Johnson’s policy clash. Grant argues Hancock subordinated military power to Johnson’s civil aims, revealing the South’s loyalty to Garfield and Hancock. The piece notes Hancock’s injuries to Union officers and Confederate deaths amid the conflict.

Hancock General Grant Smith Wisconsin Louisiana Grant Sheridan Texas Johnson Congress Gen Washington New Orleans Tion United States Garfield South

William E. Chandler on the Canvass Issues in New Hampshire

William E. Chandler speaks to the New Hampshire Republicans, urging consideration beyond self-interest. He recalls freeing four million slaves and granting them the ballot, condemns oppression and violence against Black voters, and argues the party must protect the rights and fair ballot counting for all, pledging unity and resolve to ensure universal freedom and personal security.

New Hampshire South Republican Party

General Hancock Mirrors Readings From Rev Cook

The remark imagines Hancock reacting to a Cincinnati Commercial excerpt by lampooning a verbose critic described as a brilliant but opaque figure. The text mocks inflated language and cerebral jargon attributed to a Boston Transcript piece, highlighting theatrical rhetoric.

General Hancock Cincinnati Joseph Cook Boston Transcript

Mendota Carpenter at Opera House in a cryptic scene

Fragmentary OCR portrays Col Wilcox and a bridegroom in a dramatic moment at the Opera House. A distressed woman speaks of a diawy s compact and farewell as others fade into a fairy sequence, leaving a puzzling, incomplete tableau.

Col. Wilcox Mendota Opera Diawy

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