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Newspaper
Marshall Messenger
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1869
Page
2
Dispatch notes Gen Rosecrans declined to lead the party in the Ohio governor race. The note expresses regret at his inability to aid as a leader against the current administration. It affirms his Democratic alignment and intent to support party goals as a private citizen.
The text notes Alabama will send three Democrats and three Jacobins to Congress. It lists the districts and representatives including Alfred E. Buck and Charles W. Buckley as Jacobins from Illinois, J C Parkinson Democrat, Charles Staver a Jacobin from Ohio, Peter M. Cox Democrat, and William C. Sherrod praised but deemed capable of better. The piece condemns white apathy and urges accountability.
The article reports Governor Senter’s re election by a large margin, praising the white man’s government in Tennessee and denouncing Stokes and carpet baggers. It warns of threats of a separate general assembly backed by the Grand Army of the Republic and calls for relief from Washington control. The tone is partisan and hostile toward Radicalism and Federal interference.
The New York Herald supports deducting a tax from bond coupons and notes the issue will face Congress in the upcoming series of sessions. The discussion centers on fiscal treatment and potential impact on debt instruments.
The speaker argues that if exemptions persist, bribery corrupts the tax system and benefits landholders with untaxable property. He warns that avoiding taxation threatens honest public burdens and invites repudiation. The passage stresses the political risk of maintaining discriminatory exemptions.
A long critique targets M. O. Frost and The Clark County Herald. The piece accuses Frost of aligning with a party seeking negro elevation while condemning his paper’s circulation, calling for accountability and condemning the Herald’s influence in the county.
A fragmented remark from a city discussion warns against speeding and calls for stronger enforcement. The speaker emphasizes the right to slow traffic and ensure pedestrian safety amid rising concerns over dangerous driving.
A scathing critique of President Grant and his cabinet accused of incompetence and distraction. The piece contrasts imagined strong leadership with the present lax administration, laments Southern violence and partisan loyalties, and warns of political plots sustaining distrust in Washington.
The piece critiques outdated schooling ado and mocks language drills, proposing a modern reading program with lively, age appropriate content. It lampoons moralizing lessons and parodies teachers and officials while highlighting the need for practical education.
A Washington scene shows a public official counting government money as $1 bills to return and $10 bills to pocket. The reporter, joyful at a tragic incident, contemplates danger and hard nights chasing stories of death and crime.
A Democratic mass convention in Clark County will meet at the Marshall Court House on Saturday in August to select delegates for a district convention and a State Constitutional Convention delegate. The meeting opens at 1 o'clock. committee chair Whitehead presides. A separate note then appears promoting Morse's Indian Root Pills with health claims and testimonials.
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