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Newspaper
Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1874
Page
3
A Ohio Republican address denounces Democratic leadership, touts wartime debts paid, currency plans, and rail policy while urging continued GOP rule. It highlights postwar South pacification, public education for Black and white children, and warns of Democratic corruption and violence risks if power shifts.
A telegraph dispatch describes white supremacist actions in Louisiana including threats by Abney and Pierson, murders of colored men, the blocking of Shreveport telegraph offices, and an arson attempt on the State House. Governor Kellogg promises fair registration and Arkansas officials say the White Leaguers intend to defeat Republicans by intimidation and removal of black voters.
An early 19th century style account describes Capt. McPelter and neighbors arming after reports of Black uprisings in Owen County and elsewhere. The tale follows preparations, a patrol, a confrontation with a Black laborer, and a vow to resist oppression by any means.
Fragmentary platform text praising Republican unity and policies. It endorses Union victory and abolition, equal civil rights, opposition to debt repudiation, support for industry and currency reform, condemnation of Democratic opposition, tariff and internal improvements, fiscal restraint, and denunciation of violence against Black citizens in the South. It also calls for temperance enforcement and reform of state institutions.
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