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Newspaper
Freeport Weekly Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1864
Page
1
The 8th Congressional District exceeds expectations with Wasnawaxa leading by 8546 votes across counties Jo Daviess 800 Stephenson 670 Ogle 2200 Carroll 1600 Lee 1400 Whiteside 1876 the total majority across listed areas is 8546.
The nation cites Congress failing to pass a constitutional amendment to abolish slavery in the House after Senate approval. Voters replaced hesitant lawmakers with supporters, signaling a constitutional path forward. The speaker proclaims the end of slavery under the flag, invoking John Brown’s memory as a rising march.
Illinois has cast its electoral vote for its favored candidate by 80,000 and elected Danesay as successor to the current executive. The Legislative Halls are freed from opposition, with most of the previous Congress sidelined. The Senate holds a narrow majority, and the House by a strong margin, paving the way for a U.S. Senator replacing Richardson and for long‑needed legislation.
The report highlights dramatic GOP boosts across counties once loyal to the Democrats. Joineon County swings to Lincoln with 800 vote majority, Williamson County shifts from a Fremont-leaning history to a substantial Lincoln majority, and Massac County flips to Lincoln with 675 votes. The piece proclaims Egypt will soon be Egypt no longer, celebrating a nationwide reversal.
The article reports statewide results from Illinois county returns, showing the Union sweeping prairie counties by a 29,000 margin, gaining five Congress seats, and winning a large legislative majority. It lists county totals and notes congressional and state legislative shifts, including specific district gains for Union candidates and a Senate result favoring Union control.
A historical projection claims Lincoln will win the 1864 election by large margins across the Northwest New England Maryland West Virginia and Pacific States with about 600000 in favor while New Jersey Delaware and Kentucky swing for Mc Clellan by about 15000. The note recalls past majorities in 1852 1856 and 1860 and asserts Lincoln will secure the largest popular majority yet.
Rumors claim Fesnonden will resign as Secretary of the Treasury with Robert J. Walker named as successor. Reports say a large fleet of Union ironclads gathers on James River below Butler's canal and General Chant prepares a winter movement on Wilmington via Weldon. Other chatter notes a Matamoras toast linking Mexico and the Confederacy, Farragut’s Mobile Bay shelling, juset Davis currency repudiation in Texas, Red River gunboats facing rebel Rams, and McClellan’s resignation letter received in Washington.
The account details brutal Andersonville like conditions with starved prisoners given corn bread and molasses crusts, raw meal, no fires, scant clothing, and barefoot punishment. It notes 15 thousand dead, many more near death, and praises Union resilience. It shifts to political results showing Union gains in Indiana, Wisconsin, Iowa, Minnesota, New England, Missouri, West Virginia, New York, Pennsylvania and New Jersey and Delaware inclinations toward Lincoln and McClellan.
Amid storm-disrupted telegraph links, Lincoln and Johnson are declared elected by a large majority. The piece lauds the Democratic shift away from the Chicago Platform and praises county support, citing past majorities and the impact of new Union recruits. It notes Freeport gains and rising aid from upstate areas like West Point and Ridott Germans, detailing the county’s dramatic electoral turnaround.
The text notes a 15 000 vote victory for Lincoln and Johnson with immense majorities. It quotes a Chicago Journal urging the President to crush treason everywhere, declaring the loyal nation's hope and prayer for the Republic's survival and triumph.
From SR OD REGIMENS Osup dup Tun Vou MT IXVANTRY Marletia Ga Oct 29 1864. Journal describes a difficult travel by old cattle car with five soldiers, hunger due to scarce food, loaves from a negro woman, makeshift shelter, raiding a commissary for hardtack and coffee, and brief rests in Calhoun before reaching the 2d Regiment at Sherman House.
A soldier writes home praising comrades in a regiment of about eight hundred. He notes the Paymaster arriving with funds and reports morale as good with smiles. He speculates politics, predicting few votes for a candidate named Mack, and oddly likens the victor to a “corve beast” crawling away after the election. He closes politely as an obedient servant.
Fry's Brook in Freeport is described as the premier addition shaping the town's business district. Fay's Block, a three story brick building by C. J. Fay, spans Stephenson and Chicago streets, housing a grand public hall, law offices, post office facilities, and multiple storefronts. The project, built with local talent, cost near fifty thousand dollars and aims to anchor downtown.
An editorial praises Cees Cough Balsam as a miraculous remedy for croup and respiratory ailments. It lauds its affordability at 40 cents per bottle and claims it offers twice as much as competing products, urging readers to buy at local drug stores.
A clipped antique notice weaves political quips about Vallandigham with a verse about a cat and a malt, then pivots to medical ads for Sedgwick’s Catarrh Remedy and Brynn’s Pulmonic Wafers. It touts cures for coughs sore throats and colds, claiming rapid relief and widespread use.
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