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Newspaper
Marshall Messenger
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1868
Page
2
An OCR fragment lists physicians surgeons dentists attorneys and merchants serving Marshall and surrounding streets. Names include Hysician and Surgeon M Hysician, R L Dulanfy attorney, GH Griepeliths & Son, W W Itas, Thos Wilkin & Godder, J W Anderson, Denzer, Marsnall House, Ames Baker, and others with office locations west of Pur, Marshall.
The New York Herald argues Americans pay heavy taxes supporting government, state, and federal programs. It claims the burden falls on the working class, with city and national costs funded by wages, and criticizes taxes seen as draining earnings for political needs.
The text presents a garbled account of political testimony with scattered phrases about government revenue and property administration. It mentions a House inquiry and references to royalist sentiments and legislative inaction, though readable specifics are few.
Gov Seymour faces Republican attacks over loyalty and wartime policies. Reports recount President Lincoln’s wartime letters, New York mobilization, and Curtin and Meade coordination, portraying Seymour as loyal but challenged by draft riots and Democratic opposition.
A Shelbyville correspondent reports a glorious day with 7000 people at a Democratic mass meeting. O'Brien spoke over two hours to thousands, followed by Gen Black, and a torchlight procession filled the streets. Republicans assisted as marshals for Seymour and Blair, with Wendling and Thornton speaking to about 3000 in the square.
Albany dispatches report Secretary of War Stanton authorizing old regiments to march with their men if paid, defunding losses remains possible. A 1863 note from Sen Stanton to Gov Seymour requests Newark regiments join with full ranks for up to three months, seeking immediate guidance on duration and force size.
A 19th century campaign ballad urging support for Seymour and Blair. It proclaims democratic resolve, denounces opposing platforms, and calls readers to stand firm through every round. The verse praises old chivalry, attacks radical critics, and invokes November political upheaval.
The article describes a new telegraph method by George M. Dougan Booker Ford Cal Coleman of Memphis and local operators in Bolivar. It claims a buried copper sheet and battery power replace jars and fluids, enabling inexhaustible current and cheaper durable operation. The inventors seek a patent and expect wide adoption.
The Round Table criticizes the national convention, but signals shifting public sentiment. The writer argues dissatisfactions with Radical measures grow, affecting November outcomes with Democrats possibly gaining ground. Universal negro suffrage divides voters along lines of support or opposition.
The piece argues who are not Democrats including Treasury thieves shoddy contractors and carpet baggers, Freedmen Bureau agents paid high salaries, and bondholders with gold for bonds while labor bears taxes and capital profits.
The Illinois legislature elected Dr Obas E Lippincott as senate secretary, but he has violated state law by dueling in Utah, which bars him from holding office. Critics question why he avoided the oath and note he was not sworn in as secretary.
Five Alabama carpetbaggers were sworn into Congress amid laughter and jeers. The piece outlines each member’s early life and Civil War service, including C. W. Buckley from New York born 1835 and ordained clergyman, Benjamin W. Norris born 1819 in Maine and plantation owner, C. W. Pierce born 1828 in New York, John B. Callis born 1828 in North Carolina, and Thomas Haughey born 1826 in Scotland. A speaker’s desk exchange with Mr Dawes and Mr Brooks sparked amusement as Brooks mocked the newcomers.
Gov Curtin of Pennsylvania says Horatio Seymour is a perfect gentleman and sincere Christian. He notes loyalty disputes tied to dispatches printed by Stanton and Belmont and urges dropping attacks on Seymour’s loyalty as the opposition already holds the trump card.
Denver dispatch reports Cheyenne and Arapahoe bands looting in Central and Eastern Colorado. Kiowa Bravo attacked on Smoky Hill route, thirty Stage Company horses seized, a woman and child abducted and found mutilated. A band killed three men near Latham on the Platte stage route, Smoky Hill coach fired upon.
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