The Lesson That New Hampshire Election Teaches
A lengthy political analysis discusses the New Hampshire vote as a turning point, attributing it to a deliberate Republican rebuke of the Grant administration. It argues that nationwide discontent with venality and taxation will propel a Democratic rise, urging moderation and continued effort through the presidential race amid party infighting.
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New Hampshire
Missouri
Georgia
New England
Grant
tTaen
Vansville Courier
Political critiques of Grant administration puffs in 1871 press
Various newspapers criticize the Grant-Sumner mill matters and Administration. Commentators from Boston Transcript Cleveland Leader Hartford Post and others fault removal of Sumner, predict political ruin, and warn of mischief to the Republican party. Analysts urge accountability during a period of distrust.
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Boston Transcript
Sumner
Cleveland
Grant
Johnson
Hartford Post
Republican Party
M. Y. Herald
Camerons
San Domingo
Westlicke Post
WN. Y. Herald
A New Dynasty in the Republican Party
The Chicago Tribune remarks that Simon Cameron’s selection as Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Relations marks a new dynasty in the Republican party. It portrays Cameron as a merchant-politician, focusing on profit and trading, and questions his fitness for the role citing moral and intellectual deficits.
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MacGrant
Massachusetts
Senate of
Bay State
Grant
Massachusetts Senate
United States
Committee On Foreign Relations
Senate of the
Senate
The
Chicago Tribune
Simon Cameron
Cameron
Republican Party
Sumner
San Domingo
National Treasury
Causes of Republican Defeat in New Hampshire
Republican defeats are attributed to leaders like Butler and Sumner, with critics arguing the party empowered an intolerant figure. The Cleveland Herald notes Butler's bold, reckless nature harmed the GOP, while legal cases and NH House dynamics shape political outcomes and governance. Weston is referenced as a possible governor choice amid unsettled elections.
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Register
Washington
Wasmincroy
D. C
Butler
Massachusetts
Benjamin
House of Representatives
Blaine
Fort Fisher
Mr. Blaine
Grant-Schurz
Grant-Sumner
Blaine-Butler
Party of Radicalism
Mantillini
Senate
South
Stewart
Sumner
Trumbull
House
White House
Ben. Butler
Harmpshire
San Domingo
Ben
Massachusettes
Grant
Massachusetts Senate
New England
House Committee On Elections
Spain
Antilles
Cuba
Alf
Alf Commission
Black-Hawk Mills
Marrs
Elizabeth Deig's
Huffman & Stuff's
Robinson Township
St. Wendle
Blairsville
Robinson
Mt. Vernon
Joseph Showers
Posey
The
Cincinnati Gazette
New Hampshire
New Lampshire
Republicans
Republican Party
Cleveland Herald
Weston
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Allen
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Delaware
Dubois
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Gibson
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Hamilton
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Stoward
Huntington Jackson Jasper
Jay
Neeee
Indiana
Cagielk
Evansville Journal
Orleans
J. R. Hugo
Mark
TIE Undersigned
Echard & Clark
GEO. T. Berlin
William I. Downey
Wadesville
Posey County
William Williams
Joan M. Ramsey
John Pook
John Kilbinger
J.P
William Stanley
Harmony Township
James Lyon
James T. Overton
Common Pleas Court
State of Indiana
Robb Township
Section
Township Four
John W. Robb
Pasrs
Viirginia Overton
Jas. ‘T. Overton
Spencer & Loupen
L. A. Burke
Alex
D. Byers
Richland County
Ill
Mark Licntenberger
Owen & CO
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Owen
Samuel Arthur
Joan Kilbinger
Adm
Josiah Calvin
Edward Homer
Markel
Mark Lichtenberger
Thrall & Mumford's
Landreth
City
Thrall & Mumford
Tur Fey
Sanany Bmw
Gary
Wallace
Board of County Commissioners
Supreme Court
Clark
State Sentinel
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Henry Geisel
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