Editorial Notes on Elections and Public Affairs
Editorial notes discuss Edmmunds for president, Maine and Indiana conventions, railroad expansion in Pennsylvania, local option laws in Michigan, a soldiers home bill, and strict corporate taxation proposals. The piece references Simon inquiries, Bou Butler, and the political mood, with a historical aside about Washington's legacy and a 1782 birth in Virginia.
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Waturxaroy
D. C
Chicago
Ill
Eolosk
Thenost
Inrac
Jorgo
Lores
Vations
District of Columbia
D. M. Sabin
Minnesota
Joan A. Martin
Kanana
Republican National Committee
Fragmented editorial collage on tariff, duels, and law
A chaotic mix of poems and news notes discusses Morrison's tariff stance, mocking the Democratic position. Lowell praise. Virginia dueling stance. Wendell Phillips death tribute. Chicago divorce law shifts on marital residence. and a brief note on executive clemency and insanity defenses, with scattered references to Ireland England and other nations.
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Morrison
Chicago Inter Ocean
Basy
Mortison
Virginia
Suray
South
Ireland
England
Shepherd
Chicago
Illinois
Courts, crime, and politics clash in postwar era debates
The text argues that injured husbands seek legal divorce rather than murder, critiques the insanity defense, and outlines a U S electoral count bill. It condemns violence in the South during elections, defends Mahone’s record in Virginia, and denounces the Democratic and Republican strains linked to racial unrest and ballot suppression.
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France
United States Senate
Congress
Senate
Danville
Mahone
Republican Party
Hancock
The South and North in 1884 and public eloquence
A lengthy piece critiques Civil War legacies and party realignments in 1880s America, arguing the South remains hostile to wartime amendments while the North must unite for 1884. It contrasts New York and English benches, condemns long speeches, praises Webster and Phillips, and urges concise, forceful oratory.
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South
Michigan
New York Post
New York
Macland
Supreme Court of
Common Pleas
City Court of
Haugland
Wales
England
Daniel, Webster
B. RB. Curtis
Webster
Phillips
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