The Ku Klux Act and Radical Strategy in Congress
The article argues the Ku Klux act will expire without re-enactment, criticizes Radical plans to extend it via a November recess, and claims their motive is to aid Grant in next fall’s elections. It warns of martial law, habeas corpus power, and political manipulation to influence Southern states and the 1870s electoral process.
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Ku-Klux Junketing Committee
Game Committee
Grant
South Carolina
New York
Chicago Times
Recent Bounty Laws For Civil War Volunteers
The acts provide a $100 bounty to men enlisted before July 22 1861 and mustered before August 6 1861 who were honorably discharged and not previously paid. It also extends filing deadlines for bounty claims to January 13 1873 and clarifies eligibility for volunteers later disability-related losses.
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Senate
House of Representatives
United States
Congress
War Department
Platform for Liberty Republicans shapes Greeley ticket
The Cincinnati Liberal Republicans adopt a broad platform urging equal justice for all, union preservation, universal amnesty, local self government, civil service reform, strict public credit, specie payments, and fair foreign policy, while opposing land grants to railroads and endorsing cohesive Democratic cooperation if needed.
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Cincinnati
Messrs. Greeley & Brown
United States
Republic
Iba-Asa
The
Cincinnati Enquirer
Tom. Scott
Enquirer
Charles Francis Adams
Adams
Chase
Vincennes Sun
Candor of Children Sparks Quick Rebuff
A young man seeking an up-town beauty found the house empty. A five year old girl ran out and declared the mistress was there but “she hates that ugly” suitor. The gentleman left promptly, lesson learned.
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United States Patent Office
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Richard W. Deely
Richmond
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Robert H. White
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