Washington Letter from 1877 on Indian campaigns and politics
Washington Letter from August 10 1877 discusses Gen Howard and volunteers on the frontier and Gen Ord's modified orders at the Mexican border. It covers Major Rankle’s vindication, the Conservative Convention in Richmond, Maine Republican conventions, Hayes and cabinet travels, and a South Carolina embezzlement style misallocation with costly partitions.
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Washington, D. C
THE
Register
Haring
Howard
Joseph
Ord
Diaz
United States
Ben. P. Runkle
Regular Army
Freedmen’s Bureau
Bureau
Runkle
Secretary of War
Senate
Clouse
Wm. McKee Dunn
Virginia
Maine
lLesa
Blaine
Pine Tree
Hayes
Bennington
Sherman
Ohio
Schurz
Mr. Hayes
Our New York Letter Apologizes for Truancy at Sea
In a breezy coastal week’s note from New York dated August 10 1877 the correspondent explains missing letters due to seaside sojourns on Long Island. He describes beach crowds, bathing rituals, and waves on the outer shore plus a visit to a U S Coast Guard life saving station detailing its equipment and a December shipwreck tragedy nearby.
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New York
Tun Eviror
the Register
Long Island
Jong Rollers
Atlantic
Neptune
U.S. Coast Service
Shinnerock
Rapix
Ohio politics forecast sees uncertain fate
In a Philadelphia Times opinion note, a Republican victory in Ohio is plausible yet unlikely events loom. The writer warns that an earthquake-caused catastrophe in Ohio would be equally possible, framing the race as highly unpredictable.
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Ohio
Philadelphia Times
Explorer Ernest Morris’s perilous Amazon voyage tale reached Crawfordsville
The Aug 9 1877 Eorror Register recounts Ernest Morris of Indianapolis, a 17 year old explorer who sailed from Para to the Tapajos headwaters, endured mutiny and rapids, survived tribal rites, and collected natural history specimens. He later toured with a lecture to raise funds for further expeditions, praising women’s care and his perilous journeys. The article closes with political notes on militia and state defense.
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Crawfordsvillle
Crawfordsville
Eorror Register
Ernest Marvin
South America
Indianapolis
Florida
White River
Wabash
Ohio
Mississippi
New Orleans
Indiana
Amazon
Tapazos
Para
Morris
Barney
India
Democracy and the Army Speech by Senator Beck
Senator James B. Beck argues that Republicans push for a larger federal army, a step toward centralized rule and loss of liberty. He cites Radical defiance of state authority and asserts the Democratic Party will uphold the Constitution and avoid a standing army, warning of past measures by Federal troops against state governments.
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James B. Beck
Kentucky
Democratic Party
General Grant
Liberty
Pratorian Guards
Terry
Georgia
Sheridan
de 'Trobriand
Louisiana
Washington
House of Representatives
People Must Decide on Army Size in Sherman Policy
Atlanta Constitution quotes General Sherman warning that without a strong standing army the American people will become a mob. It argues Jones Sherman’s financial policy demands a large army to suppress unrest, urging readers to choose between quelling schemes or funding greater military force.
Example for Other Governors Averted Major Clash
The Indiana governor chose prudence over force appealing to employers and strikers to ease a potential deadly confrontation. The New York Sun cites this as a model of wise leadership showing what moral courage and restraint can achieve in tense labor disputes.
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Indiana
New York Sun
A Tool of Usurpers in the Lafayette Dispatch
The Lafayette Dispatch argues that a standing army serves usurpers and tyrants. Contraction heightens public suffering while the army acts as the tool of the man on horseback to suppress people and enable robberies.
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Lafayette Dispatch
A Gospel Truth from Hamp ton Monitor on Dem party strength
The Hamp ton Virginia Monitor proclaims the Democratic party stronger now than ever, increasingly united and compact with each passing day, signaling growing party cohesion and political momentum.
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Democratic Party
Hampton (Va
Monitor
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W. Slater
Ndiana
Samuel J. Tilden
Thomas A. Hendricks
Returning Board
Rutherford B. Hayes
Wm. A. Wheeler
National Returning Board
Judas Bradley
Potomac
Gulf
South
South Carolina
Nemo
Brazil
New Harmony
Robson
Louisa A
Richard Robson
Board of Commissioners
Posey County
Commissioners’ Court
Said County
Robb Township
Alfred D. Owen
Gro
Green
the Great “Steinway
Steinways
General Renis
G. W. Warren & CO
Main Street
Evansville
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