Senator Morton's Amendment Arising Over Illicit Ratification
Report from the Senate on a measure to submit Virginia Mississippi and Texas constitutions to people's vote. Senator Morton proposes an amendment to compel ratification of the Fifteenth Amendment, viewed as an attempt to force negro suffrage. Critics call it unconstitutional and an outrage, warning it overrules state will and damages constitutional balance.
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Morton
Wien
Virginia
Mississippi
Texas
Senate
Oliver PY. Morrow
Indiana
Congress
Snald Ratiey
United States
Anthony
Bayan
Bortman
Casseely
Conkiia
Davis
Epumps
Penton
Ferny
Pessenpen
Fower
McCreery
Norton
Patter Ron
Sawyer
Sprague
Stockton
Thurman
Trumble
Winrr
Trumbull
Rep
Kurman
Ohio
Bayard
Casserly
Congress of
Monro
Wilson
Dunn
Louisiana
Garrett Davis
Grant
Kontuckian
Small Potatoes and Political Favoritism in Navy Yard
A March 31 1869 Navy Yard notice condemns petty mean behavior from the administration and calls for hiring preferences for Union party members. Commandant J B Mancnann directs hiring to favor those aligned with the Union while excluding hostile supporters of the current administration. The memo reflects postwar political tensions in the Yarn Proapanvuia yard.
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Commandant's Office
U.S. Navy
Propapanvuia
Navy Department
Yard
Union
the Navy
J.B. Mancnann
Republican meeting in Maryville condemns Grant for Longstreet choice
A Blount county Republican gathering held recently approves President Grant’s actions while denouncing his nomination of Gen. James A Longstreet to a high office. The resolution asserts Loyal East Tennesseans’ widows and orphans suffer injustice from the choice. Rhode Island Sprague is cited with a quoted value.
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Maryville
Blount County
Wierras
U.S. Grant
Wuenreras
James A. Longstreet
Grant
East
Showing Their Hand Demands Empire Opposing Democracy in America
A New York journal named Imperialist is exposed as an openly anti democratic organ advocating an empire. The piece condemns centralized power, warns that defenders of strong government seek to undermine states, and cites threats of Cuba annexation and domestic political shifts amid warnings of a two class future.
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Democracy
America
Zrenson
New York
Wm Ispent- Abtist
United States
New
J World
Washington Dispatch
Pacific Coast
Congress
Cuba
New Orleans
Sentinex
Sentinen
Democratic Party
Wrecny Senti- Nel
Cost of the Extra Session and Who Is Responsible
An Indiana newspaper column denounces the costly extra legislative session, accusing Radical leaders of delaying progress and exploiting tax payers. It criticizes Democratic resignations over the Fifteenth Amendment and questions Republican accountability for the session’s stranded appropriations and looming public burdens.
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Ita
Indiana
Indianapolis
Sentinel praised as leading Indiana Democratic paper
The Indianapolis Sentinel under R. man Esq. is extolled as Indiana’s premier Democratic daily. It urges Dem ocrats to subscribe for wider support and a strong capital paper. Evansville theatre gossips mock local stars while praising Mrs Lander and local attractions.
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Nes
Indianapolis
Indiana
The
Sentinel
Sertiicl
Evansville
Epwin Boorn
Jon Jarvenson
Hyansvillians
Congressional Proceedings in Wasatvavon April 21
The Senate debated office seeking abuses and the need for consulting Senators on appointments. Fessenden noted ongoing pressure for offices, while Cameron criticized patronage from the administration. Memorials and petitions were read on school law, temperance, and Morgan Raid claims. A donation offer of 150000 for an Agricultural College in Tippecanoe was discussed. several bills advanced to second reading. the House focused on the appropriation bill and committee appointments.
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Wasatvavon
Deggars
Fessenden
Cameron
Pennsylvania
Pianavoris
Senate
Sen. W. Kasselman
Meridian Street
Morgan
North-Western Christian University
Joint Committee On Education and Agriculture
John Perdue
Liafayotto
Tippecanoe County
Indiana
Vaunted Deckerman's Powder Ends Testimony in 1869
The Office of Cloud and Akin, Hvansville Indiana, dated April 5 1869, requests five gross Deckerman's Condition Powders from Calkins Pinney Co. The letter extols the medicine as unequaled and urges nationwide adoption, closing with regards from Cloud and Akin.
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Cloud & Akin
Hvansville
Aple Tf Cloud & Akin
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Tirall & Mumford's
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Orleans
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Indiana State Sentinel
Seerase
Datmy Sentinel
R. J. Bright
Otis Timneley, Sr
New Harmony Woolen Mills
Otis Hinkley, Jr
William Jolly
Posey County
D. M. Schnee
Otice
M.scunith
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