Debates Over Soldier Pay Bill and Local Votes
In a late 1878 item from The Register and Ligonier Banner, discussion centers on Senator Vallandigham and a proposed bill to pay soldiers thirteen dollars a month in gold, with claims the measure was defeated by a Republican majority. The piece notes voting patterns in Harmony township, comparing Democratic and Republican tallies, and mentions South Carolina Democrats praising peaceful victory and African American voters’ role in supporting home rule and good government.
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Sen. C. L. Vallandigham
Ligonier
Congress
D. W. Woomers
House
Voornees
Senate
Nis
Harmony Township
Democratic Executive Committee
South Carolina
Democratic Party
Svarmest
Radical prose on South Carolina crusade and fraud claim
The Radical prose targets South Carolina as the main arena of the bloody-shirt crusade citing Hampton's 60 000 majority as proof of Democratic fraud, while omitting that no Republican candidate faced him. Apart from this, the South Carolina sensation mirrors the Mississippi hobby used by Indiana Republicans to exit power.
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South Carolina
Hampton
Mississippi
Indiana
Unclear Platform Statement Sparks Indiana Republican Debate
A fragmented remark about changing political control by violence intimidation and fraud is cited as a contrast to current Republican papers and politicians. The text reflects tensions within Indiana Republican discourse and questions aggressive rhetoric in political strategy noted in the era.
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Indiana
Court shows party results with limited election contests
Across the states excluding California the vote tallies read 150 Democrats 130 Republicans and 9 Nationals. Democratic plurality and a small majority are noted with six contest cases heard to date. The Evansville Journal has repeatedly claimed intimidation and fraud against Indiana's result.
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California
Indiana
Evansville
No Third Party in 1880 Predicted by The Sun
The New York Sun doubts a third party will arise in 1880, contingent on how many Democrats seek payback like this year. Republican papers are derided as ignorant about the alleged frood and extravagance of party managers at our benevolent institutions.
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The
New York Sun
M.S. Lyon
Globe Democrat urges Democrats to flood National party
The Globe Democrat counsels Democratic leaders to pack the National party with as many Democrata as possible. The piece notes the fall of Democratic votes and argues the Republicans should have secured a margin well over 40,000, highlighting political maneuvering and party strategy.
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Democrata
National Party
Globe Democrat
I.publican
Fern Fall
Republicass
Washington Letter on Trade and Policy 1878
Our Washington correspondent discusses imports routed through Great Britain, calls for aligned internal and external transport improvements, and predicts a businessman governed Congress. He notes New Orleans meetings, resumption of specie payments, and Maine’s decline in shipbuilding linked to Hale. Thanksgiving greetings close from Austin.
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Washineton
D. C
Tuk Epiror
THE
Register
South America
Mexico
Key
Great Britain
New Orleans
Col. Scott
Texas and Pacific Railroad
Mississippi
Congress
House Committee On Appropriations
Hale
Michigan
Maine
Ita
House
Alabama
Missouri
Washington
Hayes
Ohio
Austin
Fragmented political remark on fraud in election counts
There are zealous Republicans who forget that Louisiana Florida and South Carolina were counted for Havea only by criminal frauds forgeries and similar wrongdoing.
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Louisiana
Florida
South Carolina
Havea
District politics echo in heated South Carolina style
Fragmentary remark questions if a six week period could silence Republican intimidation rhetoric in a district once thought Democratic. Heitmann appears linked to the debate, with partisan tensions underscored by regional context.
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South Carolinas
Heitmann
Repub
New Law of Supply and Demand in U S Exports Revived Trade
Our New York letter from 1878 argues supply creates demand as export revival drives national prosperity. It traces US export history from war-driven needs to recent gains in manufactured goods, cites McCormick reaper and Steinway pianos among leading exports, notes growing consular support, and marks a $600,000,000 annual export value with imports down.
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New York
United States
Toosall
William Ewart Gladstone
Boston
Manchester
India
China
McCormick Reaper
Tropics
Steinway
Queen Victoria
Balmoral
Osborne
Raute Noblesse
Europe
Burmah
Howe
Seth Thoman
Connecticut
Waltham
Colgate
Reed & Barton
Maine
Fuller, Warren & Co
Troy
Fujiyama
Holy Mount of
Japan
Cuba
West Indies
Mexico
Central
South America
The Printer's Dollars Are They In Your Clothes
A call to gather scattered printer's dollars from across the country. The printer urges readers to bring in all dollars, fractions, and small change to his office to support his business and credit. Readers are asked to check for any dollars missing from their pockets and bring them home immediately.
Abolition of Lent Debated by Reform Episcopal Church
A Philadelphia conference of Reform Episcopal clergy debated ending Lent as a church fast. They recommended submitting the policy to the General Standing Committee, arguing indulgence after Lent rises to compensate for fasting and that uniform moderation is better achieved without Lenten observances, a change seen as widening the two Episcopal churches' split.
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Reformed Episcopal Church
Philadelphia
V. Y. Evening Post
Vandegrift Ferguson Nuptials Reported in New Harmony
Married on Sunday December 1, 1878 at the bride's parents home, conducted by Rev. George F. Culmer. Captain Lewis L. Vanpearke wed Miss Exway of New Harmony in a formal church ceremony.
Holiday Presents At City Cash Store In Posey County
Holiday shopping appeal lists dry goods, boots and shoes, jewelry, school books, and millinery at cost from December to January. City Cash Store at Main and Granary promises best prices, under undersold pledge, urging visitors to call and shop. Posey County Agricultural Society to hold annual meeting at New Harmony Society Room at one o'clock P M.
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City
Granary Streets
Rogers
The
Posey County Agricultural Society
New Harmony
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