Political shifts and violent anti Republican crimes recounted
Martin L Townsend in Chicago argues Greenbackers may rejoin Republicans in Mishigao Calhoun county. In Marshall area many who voted with Greenbackers switch to the GOP. George W Webber nominated in fifth district to succeed J Stone amid multiple rival candidates. A long list of 19th century crimes against ministers and Republicans described from Methodist Advocate reports, including killings and mob actions in Georgia Alabama Tennessee and Mississippi with few convictions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin L.townsend
Chicago
Nat. Week
Noet
Greenbrakers
Mishiguo
Gall
Calhoun County
Marshall
Icket
Fifth Congressional District
George W. Wbber
Lenin
Jange Stone
Congress
Mee Laughlin
Muskegon
A. W.harr
Ottawa
Webber
Judge Stone
South
Methodist Advocate
Atlanta
Wayn ‘Gu
James MolHenry
Pan Hia
Chattanooga
J.C. Johnson
Bartow
Aria
Clildrer
Von
Hodge
Abbey
Spa
Jand
Oe Sieu
W. Id. White
Julian Hayden
Gentral
Tennessee
Nashville
Gradenti
Oharder
Teaaooe
Ourdgrad
Gece
J. Peg Moore
Sata
Idan
Siilebbodiat Icharch
Nathan ‘Cannon Ora
Winston County
Mias
Guldwell
Rand
Son Sakin
D. D
Mysterious attacks on Methodist ministers ignite southern tension
A letter to the Lowell Journal describes violent ambushes on Methodist and other ministers in Alabama and Georgia during the Reconstruction era. It details gunfire at meetings and homes, threats by armed assailants, and the broader political context shaping Northern views of the South. The writer contrasts northern liberal ideals with southern loyalties, calling for stronger national enforcement of laws and criticizing southern governance and debt repudiation efforts. The piece reflects ethnic and racial tensions, religious figures targeted for preaching to Black communities, and debates within the Democratic Party over wartime and postwar policies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lowell Journal
Mason and Dixon
Ichigan
South
United States
Michigan
West
North
Hancvck
Edia Paits
Ehanwads
Ku Ittux i
Teunnessee
Tennessee
Korreat Xebel
Toonediee
Pheoriunes
Ku Kdux
Bey
Phelicariea
South Carolina
North Carolina
Heatan
Mississippi
Florida
Louisiana
Congressional Committee
Alabama
Politi
Mosed B.sulfitan
Hill
Les
James Buchanan
Alabame
Tallaoosa
Dean Reynolds
Waraxat
City of
Marshall
State of
Wayor
Samuel B. Dugger
Axp Varesas
Marshall Gas Company
Hia
Samuel Dunger
Cng
Arid City
Sity
Marshall Gas Company Wa
City of Marshall
Wits
Marshall Avenue
Prospect Atrest
High
Prospect Streets
High Street
Prospect Street
Lacey’eene
Kalamazoo Avenue
Iron Bridge
Kalstnnoo River
Kelamazoo Avenue
Michigan Central Railroad
Kalamazoo
Kalimazoo Avenue
Hanover Street
Grand and
Hanover Streats
Hanover Sad Ulberry
State and
Linden Streets
Mansion
Division
Division Street
Prospect Straet
Rock
Devareux
S. ‘Qn
Madison Street
Cranin
Sycamore
Marshall and
Kalamazoo Avenues
Mulberry
Hanover Streets
Locust Street
Maryshill
Ikeo
Tha
Anid
Marsh Gay Company
Maraball Gun Company
Sai Lampe
Lampé
Taeaarcar
Common Council
Marshalls
Democratic Leaders Fail to Electrify Voters Says Letter
A letter from John Canveti criticizes Democratic leaders for weak, non progressive conduct over 20 years. He claims Republicans led with popular ideas while Democrats buried issues in political graveyards. He notes independents ready to vote in November and urges courage at the ballot box.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Democratic Party
Joun Canveti
Era of Political Murder Recount in Southern History
A compilation drawn from official records argues the south used violence and political murder to secure Democratic supremacy after the Civil War. It cites the New Orleans Mech anics Institute massacre of July 1866 and recounts numerous acts against ministers and Black citizens, framing Ku Klux Klan activity and voter suppression as deliberate, systematic tools of Democratic power in states like Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi and South Carolina.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South
Democratic Party
Een
Atlanta
Papas
E.c
Cass
United
New Orleans
Mechanics’ Institute
Sheridan
P. Sheridan
Gen. Sheridan
Burgundy Stret
Canal Street
Ubege
Sitixens
Ivins
Helen
Hile
Nik KY
Politics of Voting Suppression in the South Explained
The piece documents illegal registration practices and terrorism aimed at disenfranchising Black citizens since 1872. It cites county vote breakdowns from 1869 to 1876 and accuses southern bourbons of trampling constitutional amendments, urging renewed northern legal action to uphold the law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greeley
Grant
Tilden
Hayes
South
South Carolina
Alabama
Fraudulent Alabama Election Exposed by Mobile Journalist
A Mobile Gazette report alleges six-year Democratic control in Alabama hides widespread voter fraud from the Tennessee River to the Gulf. It describes poll intimidations against Black voters, suppression of Republican ballots, and post election celebrations by the Democratic Party, urging national scrutiny of the so called Solid South.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alabnama
Mobile Gazette
Tennessee River
Gulf
Alabama
Wade Hampton
Cincinnati
Solid South
Nero
Randall
Mr. Bird
America
Feea Lees
Determination in Republican ranks on electoral ineligibles
Waanmisorox Aug 25 1880 republicans express resolve to bar any ineligible elector from the electoral ticket. General Clark plans to record electors and enforce returns with a code to prevent fraud. Remarks touch Hancock Sherman letters and Geneva award delays, with focus on war claims and premiums.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waanmisorox
D. C
Clark
Internal Revenue Department
National Republican Committee
Hancock
Sherman
Cincinnati
Baldy Smith
Steman
United States
Great Britain
Alabama
Congress
Election Experiences at Memphis Prompt Reader Curiosity
A Hillsdale citizen reports witnessing alleged election irregularities in Memphis including vote buying, improper ticket handling, and evasive responses from poll workers. He claims colored voters faced pressure and that Democratic tickets bore red scrolls masking true rights, while some Republicans were urged to vote elsewhere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memphis
Hillsdale Standard
Hillsdale
Kite
Exposition sights Boult’s carver and Marsh’s bed lathe from Sydney showpiece
State notes record a Battle Creek machinery display at the Sydney exposition featuring Boult’s carving and dove tailing machine praised as versatile. Local items recount brutality at a stable near Washington Dunton, lightning strikes on T. M. Thompson’s home, a Grasa Lake barber dodging taxes, and various regional incidents including a Leviathan missing children case in Elba and insurance-linked man Martin in Seattle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Battle Creek Machinery Company
Boult
Marsh
Sydney
Australia
Coldwater Republican
Tsst
Washington Dunton
Indiana Road
Thompson
Osco County
T. M. Thompson
Jackson
George Thornton
Grasa Lake
Fridast
Marshal Watson
Thornton
Grass Lake
Lapeer Democrat
Twan
Elba
Martin
Bay County
Seatte
King County
Wyoming Territory
Bay City
Lansing
Capitol
Military Museum of
Michigan
Struck 4 bonsaza and other colonial era notices
A parade of short items recounts engagements, murders, accidents, and curiosities from across the country. From a California engagement of Jesse to Lizzo, daughter of W. S. Chapman, to a Grand Rapids man’s starvation death after forty-five days of abstinence. A Belleville man wounded his wife, a rival shot him, old court stories, weather notes envy wheat, and local crime tales. Additional items detail Apache and Mexican treaty questions, a fatal pistol discharge in Illinois, a Brooklyn murder, a Georgia lynch attempt, track records, a railway excursion disaster, jailhouse robberies, and mystery of how a jail break was pulled off.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesse
Lizzo
W.S. Chapman
California
Grand Rapids
Mich
Belleville, T
Boyd
Walker
T.e
England
Ouray
Quray
Andover
Masa
Lowell
Victoria
United States
Samuel Wilson
On'arga
Champaign
Ewen
George M. Brooks
Detroit
Cadillac
Nich
Imlay City
George Harvard
Brooklyn
N. Y
St. Julien
Hartford
Maud S
Rochester
Hivkok
Housatonic
Bridgett
Conn
Geneva
Isling
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Shepublican
Picket Tiergs
Cha
Tal Stephens
Puck Dward H. Butle
Charles T. Mitchell
AY A Honcombe
Turn
Aaron B. AP
Gyiemor
David H. Jerome
Jitanant
Gos
Horlag
Sanney
Sentamnd
Pritchard
Ing Latimer
RIPER
Education
Soward's. Lacey
Dadovile
Ala‘pain
Sonferenon
Ise Bean
Menin
Himelf
Themen
Heme
Uscaloona
Waies
Wilpringe Bay
George Taylor
Colbert County
Ala
Helps
James Bohannan
Union
Baptist
Newman
Newman, Oe
Pas
Methodist
Hbicopal Gimli
George’ Banding
Tor
Methodist Episcopal Church
Cee
Lloyd ‘Street
Shepatinee Ee Sato
Wstak
Provan
White
Adairaville
Ka Klar
Christ
Jake Carvoeth
Barry County
Doners
Jin
Methodist Church North
Iron Corey
Montgomery County
Johnean
James Dorman
Wetumpka
Dorman
Georgia
Elias Will
P. Se Sone
Northern Methodist Church
Usnvock
Republican
James B. Campbell
Charleston
Congressional ‘Committee
St. Andrews Parish
James Island
Dill’s Bluff
Neboly
Gen
Gary
Democratic Committee
Senatte
Chytham
Survannih
Syoting
Savannah
TSS
Chathaw
Board of Registration
Warren County
Rrn
Ufn- Beng
Athey
Washington
Howarp
Central Michigan Agricultural Society
State Bicycle Association
C. Bohne
Bullock
General News
Arizona
Fort Mojave
Cleveland Abbe
Weather-Bureau
Myer
Taylorville
Fll
Edwardsville
C. A. van Duren
Passaic
N. J
Ginevnget
Ordenance
Szerton
Tar Misthall Gas Company
Avi Matehall Gas Company
Ueap Arca
Ai Council
Ehogns Company
Faidanil
Nmi Argent
Apd
Lar Ng Siora
Tha Gaa Company
Hershy
Biz Wstens
Go Farag
Ehsinnan
Atreat Committee
Tre
Akab
Bright
A.r.haist
Undertaker
Brower
Iepublic
State ST
Brewer Block
Istrat
Bank
Lahall
John,wiseman
Royce Reaper
Perry Royce
Royce
Althara
H.C. Reed
Tooth Harrow
South Bend
Stover
Gale
Oliver
Howe and Chicago Scale Co
King OF the Lawn and
Young America
Wes
Market End
Milburn
Mansfield
Warrior
Pitt’s
Springfield
Puree Rivers Saparetors
Poltoy
W.e. Bosley
Tate St
Fost
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