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Newspaper
Marshall Messenger
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1869
Page
1
The Messenger criticizes Republicans for endorsing a constitutional amendment banning Negro voting and officeholding. It accuses party leaders of deceiving voters, urges Republicans to renounce the party if opposing Negro suffrage, and calls for united effort to preserve white rule and deter demagogues.
The list of recently alerted United States Senators includes Missouri Carl Schurz Delaware James A Bayard and Thomas A Bayard Hannibal Hamlin Z Chandler M H Carpenter John Scott Charles Sumner Ruben Fenton in New York. Indiana faces tax difficulty to fill Hendrick's vacant seat amid opposition to Cumback and caucus intrigue with murmurs of bolting the nomination.
Fragmentary remarks attack Negro Equality and Georgia Governor’s stance on racial integration. Parson Brownlow is cited pressuring Georgia to rescind a ruling expelling Coffee, with threats of action. A bridal trip in 1808 on a flat boat from Pittsburgh to Louisville is noted.
Reports note smallpox and typhoid prevailing in Peoria while Chicago spends two million dollars yearly on billiards. Other items include Illinois temperance heads forming a party against alcohol, a fatal death in Rock Island, and rail surveys and canal blasts.
The Washington correspondent for the New York Times reports ongoing questions about General Grant’s cabinet and possible selections. He cites Lincoln and Taylor cabinet anecdotes as clues, with some congressmen leaning toward Grant’s de facto and de jure presidency. Terre Haute Express notes railroad directors chosen at Greenville Illinois with East St. Louis mayor praising the lineup.
The New York Tribune attacks the Republican party as a system of rings, detailing Railroad Bank Land and Indian rings profiting from the Treasury and abuses of power. Separately, obituaries note elderly Cedarville couple Jams Cooper and Catharine Cooper dying within minutes of each other after fifty years of marriage. A Connecticut editor’s icy sidewalk quip and editor feuds over Indiana feet add local flavor to the political tension and social humor.
Advertisers promote the Thirty fourth volume of the New York Mercury as a superior weekly starting the new year. It pledges the strongest original stories and varied literary content, aiming to surpass rival magazines and serve as a top tier household journal. A featured tale by Miss M. E. Brandon is announced as a leading draw.
The New York Mercury proclaims new literary departments including romances satirical sketches and American sports and pastimes. It pledges to publish works by young American women and to remain the best family newspaper with fifty six columns of original matter at eight cents a copy. Subscriptions for 1869 are listed with club rates and free additional copies for bulk orders.
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