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Newspaper
Marshall Messenger
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1868
Page
3
A faded Marshall directory lists lawyers notaries physicians saddlers and merchants in Clark County. Entries mention firms and locations such as New York Store and the Monteomry House area, with various professionals like attorneys J W Wilkinson and G Denah, plus saddlers and harness makers.
A Kentucky newspaper column attacks county officials in Clark and Edgar counties, accusing them of corruption and overpaying judges. The piece contrasts Kentucky and Edgar salaries, questions legal expeditures, and alleges Democratic misrule and theft from the treasury, framing the county’s finances as wasteful and politically weaponized.
In a heated reply, the paper defends its stance against alleged pro equality sentiments and accuses the Herald of publishing damning lies. It defends Civil War loyalties, condemns party traitor charges, and calls for accountability for biased reporting and sensational accusations.
The Chicago Tribune quotes Messia Seymour and Visie denying coercion as the Arenean people would place the Cun under Grant and Colfax. Gove Seymour of New York contributed a quarter of a million to the war, earning Lincoln and the War Secretary praise for defense of Pennsylvania. Anto-Gour Bini denounces Tribune writers for their stance.
The passage notes Lona from Ohio supported Grant and Colfax as Speaker Colfax moved to expel him for disloyalty. It mentions the only northern congressmen advocating recognition of the southern Confederacy were Long of Ohio and Conway of Kansas, highlighting radical candidate support.
Fragmented text depicts Joz Brows as ex rebel governor in Georgia opposing democracy. It suggests masses protested with guns, claims rebels should not have been subdued, and references Andersonville prison.
A crude polemic ridicules John Scholfield a Marshall lawyer after a rival failed to obtain a teaching certificate. The piece laments the legal man’s loss of career prospects and urges sympathy from Scholfield’s political and personal supporters. The language mocks an intellectual rival from a neighboring township.
A garbled OCR passage names figures such as Daniel Webster and Thomas Carly among Broadway New York locales and shops. The fragment mentions a dry cop's stow and various misread establishments, preserving a carnival of miswritten historic names.
A 1861 account recounts J T Billett, once a hungry job seeker, rising from filth to publish The Southern Eagle and Cotton Plaster and later a radical candidate in Arkansas. The piece condemns Reconstruction politics and attacks the Republican party as tyrannical.
The Wyoming Democrat notes several Union veterans and Republican supporters in Ohio Pennsylvania and Illinois renouncing Radicalism to back Seymour and Blair. Figures include Col McConnell Lancaster Ohio Col Lyman C Jackson Perry County Ohio Judge Mellon Pittsburg and ex Governor Sherwood Wisconsin. The piece also mentions Col Richart Coulter Pennsylvania and Col Fletcher Dickson of Wyoming County abandoning party lines.
Poemmatic verse depicts the march of the white brigade and their clash with the blue as factions rally for home and flag. It references figures like Butler Staunton Wade and Schenck and calls for solidarity side by side with the boys in blue. The piece blends martial imagery with political critique of demagogues and taxation reforms.
In New Orleans on October 4 the Republican convention renominated J A Spier for Congress from the First District and L A Sheldon for Congress from the Second District. J W Menard, a colored candidate, pledges to push for inclusion of black representatives in Congress and the Senate through enforced constitutional rights and equal ballot access for all citizens regardless of race.
The Effingham Democrat rails against Republican Congress candidate Jim Martin with a satirical speech on finances and coffee prices. It mocks his rhetoric by urging the veteran to drink buttermilk and calls for him to go to Congress amid national turmoil.
Wrater Snow s readers see an official financial report showing last year’s expenditure above 475 million and revenue shortfall of 164 million. It notes six months ending January 1 1808 spending of 246 million and warns of a bankrupt treasury under radical policy.
The piece argues Democrats contributed more soldiers to the Union than radicals, listing county and district enlistment figures from 1860 to 1862. It cites Lincoln quotas, deficits and surpluses across multiple districts, praising Democratic patriotism and criticizing radical claims of aloofness from the war.
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