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Newspaper
New Harmony Register
Location
New Harmony, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1869
Page
2
An Evansville crowd heard Gov Dunning defend a stance on negro suffrage. He rejects being called a convert and emphasizes that states should set franchise laws, citing the Fifteenth Amendment and party platforms. He praises independence, urges resignations if needed, and argues power rests with the people.
A city rally praised Paris C. Dunning for his speech on Gov. actions and a unified election day. Speakers urged support for Morgan Welborn and Calvert, urging cross-party unity and continued enthusiasm for reform after Democratic resignations split the Legislature.
A city journal defends Democrats after resignations of state legislators. It says a Radical caucus blocked funds for charitable institutions. Democrats allegedly urged delaying the Fifteenth Amendment and a statewide resignation to seek voters’ guidance. The piece cites ex mayor Baker for corroboration.
Sax Hon Gero Buskirk led Radicals in the House and refused to resign to seek state opinion on the suffrage measure. He argued the people would instruct against the amendment if asked. He likened political risk to a husband hiding a night of drinking, predicting forgiveness after action without public discussion.
Ulysses S. Grant requests permission to withdraw his previous message to the Senate dated March 6 seeking a joint resolution by Congress to relieve the Secretary of the Treasury from disabilities imposed by the 1789 act. The letter is dated March 9, 1869, and signed by Grant.
The piece contrasts the National Republican Convention stance in Chicago 1868 and the Grant platform with opposition to federal negro suffrage. It cites the proposed Article XV and debates whether suffrage belongs to loyal-state decisions or federal mandate, noting Mt. Vernon Union's defense of state rights and skepticism about ratifying amendments.
Ohio's Democratic Legislature plans to defer action on the 15th Amendment to the next session, urging the people to decide at upcoming elections. The piece also cites a street remark about selling peppermints on Sundays to fund churchgoing, and a quip about ladies lips as a phrase describing politics.
A New Harmony Register squib debates who wrote Logan's speech on railroad subsidies and praises a Planchette device as a modern, analytic medium. The piece mocks older table tipping while recounting a seance where imagined spirits answer quirky questions, ending with notes on fashion and youth.
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