05 Sep 1872
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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1872
Page
1
8. J. Kirk Wood of Johnson County and C. Wulwebber of Dubuque County are identified in the list of individuals involved.
Jaon Ricu, chairman committee, announces Republican meetings addressing political topics in multiple Iowa cities from Cedar Rapids September 10 to Marshalltown September 27.
A Richmond Enquirer editorial warns that Negro suffrage would undo Reconstruction gains and subvert the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments. It cites Southern papers describing universal rights as a menace and likens enfranchisement to a cancer eroding Southern life.
A Northern Republican shift toward Greeley is blamed for empowering black suffrage in the South. The piece argues that only Greeley and Sumner can cure the racial and political ills, urging white supremacy and Democratic resistance as conditions for peace. It cites Savannah and Delaware reactions, warning against Democratic “conversion.”
At the Louisville convention Judge Lyons of Virginia chaired as 362 delegates from about thirty states met. Charles O Conor initially secured the nomination but declined by dispatch, prompting a reballoted acclamation for James Lyons as the presidential nominee while John Quincy Adams was named Vice President nominee.
A Maine dispatch to the Chicago Post reports a prominent politician’s canvass across districts shows all Republican Congressmen likely elected Hale’s majority set at about 1,000 and a statewide majority of at least 10,000 on the State ticket is expected.
A Chicago Post dispatch reports Vermont results showing Converse leading Stewart in the Governor race. In eighty-six towns Converse 22 091 Gardner 9 222. Legislature tally 101 towns nine Republicans five Democrats one Liberal Republican. Estimated statewide majority 24 000 to 27 010 with Greeley ticket 18 000 to 20 000. New York reports vary 25 000 to 27 000.
A Baltimore Convention pamphlet argues the Democratic party seeks power at any price and urges bolting Democrats to back Horace Greeley. It asserts Democrats must join Republicans to regain influence, fearing factional ruin if the party is absorbed by rivals.
The writer explains his political stance by tracing his upbringing as a Jackson Democrat and reveals his shift toward Grant. He notes that friends in Monti cello-Greeley are astonished by his endorsement and cites his past political history to clarify the change.
A speaker defends voting for Ulysses S. Grant while criticizing Republicans who back Horace Greeley. He denounces former allies who joined Democrats, arguing rebels were always Democrats and rebuking pledges of amnesty and opposition to Grant. The remarks target party realignments surrounding the 1872 election.
Correspondence from Monticenio to the Haitor of the Hupreys recounts a transcontinental trip from New York to Chicago via the Hudson, Erie and Illinois railways. The writers share humorous notes on peaches, dusty travels, Elgin excursions, the insane asylum, factories, and final return to the West with reflections on friendship and home.
A quirky description of crows with humanlike traits and speech. It highlights their traits like wearing a hat and specs, their habits, and a humorous line about a crow's misadventures in North Carolina. It contrasts Jim Crow with Horace Crow through playful actions.
Fragmentary excerpts discuss Horace and others debating crow shooting, a professor Zollner proposing a drift current theory for terrestrial magnetism, and Davenport St Paul R R outlining road prospects from Lime Springs to the State line with bonus incentives.
Joseph W. Van Deusen and Enia J. Farina wed at the bride’s father’s residence on August 31 1872 by Rev Wm Leavitt. The groom is the son of Mrs T Manchester of Bowens Prairie. They plan to move to Nebraska soon to begin their new life.
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