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Newspaper
Marshall Statesman
Location
Marshall, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1862
Page
1
A quatrain style poem warns against pride and social pretensions. It僕s uses sea imagery to remind readers that fortunes rise and fall. The speaker urges humility and caution toward judging others, noting the shared fate of all people.
A long wartime bill outlines penalties for treason and rebellion, including death or imprisonment, and fines of up to $10,000. It also addresses confiscation of rebels estates, emancipation of enslaved people tied to rebels, and restoration provisions. Provisions cover arrest, trial, property seizures, and the treatment of fugitive slaves within Union lines. It authorizes seizure of rebels estates and uses proceeds for the United States, with procedures for in rem actions and court powers. It also empowers the President to employ African descent people for suppression efforts and to offer various amnesty provisions.
An editorial fragment argues for expanding conscription by three hundred thousand and adds one hundred thousand today. It outlines potential effects including reallocating fifty thousand trained troops to Yorktown, twenty-five thousand to Shenandoah, and further movements toward Richmond. The author contends a decisive change could end the conflict in a hundred days with decisive Republican support.
The article lists congressional districts and their counties under the 1861 apportionment. Districts include Wayne Montroy Lenawee and Hillsdale for the First. Branch St Joseph Casbas Berrien Kalamazoo Van Buren Adlegate for the Second. Washtenaw Jackson Calhoun Eaton and Ogham for the Third. a long roster for the Fourth. Livingston Oakland Macomb St Clair Lapear and Sanilac for the Fifth. Clifton Shinwassee Ganeses Gratiot Saginaw Tuscola Huron Isabella Midiana Bay Gladwin Clare Roscommba Ogemaw Losco Alcona Crawford Otsego Alpena Montmorency Preaque Vale Chippewa Marquette Schoolcraft Houghton Utonagon and future organized counties for the Sixth.
Governor Austin Blair urges citizens to answer a wartime call for six regiments of infantry plus recruits for existing units. The proclamation details district regimental organization, enlistment bonuses, officer commissions, and state aid for soldier families while urging immediate civilian and veteran participation to defeat rebels and restore peace.
In a closing plea, the speaker lauds Congress for vast gains surpassing all prior sessions. He cites emancipation in national territories, support for emancipation in states, recognition of Hayti and Liberia, a treaty ending the slave trade, fugitive slave return limits, and homesteads, railroads, and agricultural college endowments, culminating in the secession era act to suppress rebellion and seize rebel property. The record notes naval increases and measures to fund public service.
The biography traces John Pope’s birth in Kentucky in 1812, cadetship at West Point, and entry as brevet second lieutenant in the Engineer Corps. It covers his Mexican War heroism at Buena Vista and Monterey, Civil War commands in Missouri and along the Mississippi, notable actions at Blackwater and Island No. 10, with Halleck and Foote. Pope’s leadership at Corinth and pursuit of Beauregard to Mobile, ending with recall to Washington.
A humorous sketch chronicles Gene Peter G. T Beauregard claiming French roots and ancient lineage. It recounts a fanciful diary, Moses, Pharaoh, and Solomon connections, with comic misreadings of the Beauregard name as Some Pumpkins and a rebellious youth.
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