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Newspaper
Freeport Weekly Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 14, 1866
Page
1
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A long republican editorial argues Lincoln’s victory ended Southern disunion and defends Union restoration. It condemns Jeff Davis loyalists and Democratic critics while pressing for strict safeguards around rebel states. A second portion criticizes railroads for toll rates, urging reasonableness, legal limits, and jury reference when prices quarrel. It cites charters of Galena and Illinois Central as common carriers. The piece also lists diverse political updates from Kansas to New York, with notes on judiciary, Freedmen's Bureau, and upcoming measures.
In the Senate on the Stb the constitutional amendment on representation was taken up. Mr Sumner delivered a speech criticizing the measure as another human rights compromise and urged his substitute proposing no denial of rights civil rights.
The steamship City of Washington carried European updates to January 44. News of American demands on France over Mexico depressed Mexican securities in London. Prira and followers moved into Portuguese territory. Reports say Napoleon planned to ignore the Mexican issue in a speech but, by cabinet request, would address it.
Reports from Washington claim the United States will refrain from overt action while France withdraws Maximilian’s support. Napoleon tells Maximilian he has fulfilled obligations and must rely on his own resources. European dispatches note Portugal, Valencia, and Spain facing instability. Sherman in London predicts cotton likely to grow, while England debates a conference on Schleswig-Holstein. The Australasian voyage includes Lord Monck.
The 1850 Canans show exports to Europe were a small share of national output. Farm values totalled 115,925,300 with 293,580,614 acres. about 39.5 cents per acre to Europe, challenging British free trade claims. Also commentary from N. Y. Tribune criticizes French policy and a note on General Butler buying mill property near Richmond for cotton factories.
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