County Supervisors under fire in local editorial debate
The editorial questions the fairness of a supervisor run in a county system arguing that multiple supervisors may act as a group to dodge accountability. It notes expenses voted from the county treasury and a single county judge’s role while defending the board’s general integrity. The piece also includes a personal letter from John Oxley defending his stance against Copperhead labels after a wartime trip.
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Contested Name Sparks Debate Over New England Ambitions
Readers debate whether the name signals a party aims to claim part of the country or shows a restless, unruly policy in the past decade. Critics warn against false peace while noting scriptural warnings about those who cry peace when there is no peace.
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N Y. Werald
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Richard Abbot
John T
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Adamstine
Horace Greely
Dualii
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Hayaya
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Langs
Chicopee
Mass
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Republicans 26 Dem'eta and uth Americans 38 feat a.
Democratic Meeting at Sand Ridge School Discusses Liberty and Union
An 1840s account describes a Democratic meeting in Monroe Township at Sand Ridge School where speakers rail against despotism and call for freedom of speech. The chair Thomas Rallsback and speaker James Brown critique abolitionists, secession, and national unrest while praising Constitution and Union.
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Sand Ridge School House
Crittenden
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Congress
Washington
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Monroe Township
Thomas Rallsback
James Brown
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New England
England
Dubuque
War Meetings and a Charleston Regiment's Georgia Florida Expedition
The Cedar Rapids and Buffalo peace talks seek an armistice while Democrats urge cessation of hostilities. South Carolina volunteers under Col Higginson sail from Beaufort January 28 to Georgia and Florida, delivering a bold riverine assault on the St Marys and inland campaigns.
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Yeas
Oth
South Carolina Colored Regiment
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Higginson
RK. Saxton
Gexexal
Beaufort
John Adams
Planter
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Jones
Ynenny
St. Mary’s
Clifton
Vussel
Strang
Stockdale
Neil
France bars women as public lecturers amid permit dispute
The Imperial Council of Public Instruction rejects further requests for lecture permits by Ong Mademoiselle Rogur who sought to “improve minds” in France. A city council letter from Gen. Rosecrans to Cineianact expresses gratitude but warns against false hopes of peace and urges defense of the Constitution for future generations.
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