Mass Convention movement sparks partisan clash in county
The county faces a heated clash over a postered campaign calling for a Soldiers and Citizens Mass Convention and a Loyal Citizens Union anti Negro Suf frage Mass Convention. The piece attacks the Des Moines June Republican platform and defends universal white male suffrage while condemning civil rights for black citizens.
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DesMoines
Republican Party
Washington
Union
Copperheads
South
Republic
Veteranaa
North
Soldiers Returning From War Accused of Treason Tactics
The piece portrays returning soldiers as subjects of political manipulation by opponents who spread distortions about loyalty. It charges critics with labels like Lincoln hirelings and rebels, and warns of efforts to coerce soldiers into a Des Moines convention backing a Copperhead platform. The author condemns such schemes as hypocritical and warns soldiers will see through them.
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Neeking
Lincoln
Grant
Deastas
Brutus
Republican Party
South
America
Northwest
East
Chicago
G. 2B. McClellan
Union
Des Moines
Cop Perhead
Sones, Thayer, Mahony
Byington
Clay Dean
Clay
Orcare
Copperhead
Civil
Fife
John A. Kasson
Salt Lake Chay
Pesvie
Cnariton Secrier
John Milwards
Kentucky
Arkansas Indian Agency
N.C. Doering
P. O. Department
Waverly Phoete
Library Association for Marion Proposed by Local Resident
A Marion resident urges forming a Library Association to advance intellectual and moral culture. He argues donations of books and small membership could fund purchases and reading rooms, with support from young and old alike and lasting value for future generations.
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Library Association
B. Sumner
Marion
Copperhead address urges party realignment and white supremacist zeal
A circa Civil War era pamphlet labeled Copperhead Central Committee urges disaffected voters in Bertram Township to join the Republican fold by denouncing Lincoln and embracing anti Negro rhetoric. It portrays the Democrats as traitors and a threat to the Union, calls for discrediting Copperhead leaders, and cites biblical indictments against the party. It lists Copperhead militia officers and notes broader wartime context and social tensions.
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