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Newspaper
New Harmony Register
Location
New Harmony, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1871
Page
2
The May 20 1871 issue quotes Senator Trumbull and a high Republican official arguing over federal power versus states rights. They assert the danger of centralized consolidated government and push to keep the Ku Klux bill out of Congress while noting support exists to curb marauding bands if proper dates and authority are used.
Washington correspondent notes Senate Foreign Relations panel will take days to study a 43 article treaty. Ratification seems likely but not assured as Radicals oppose. Morton attacks Sumner while Babcock named superintendent, and Ku Klux probes face delays. Gossip says Washburne may join Cabinet. Westminster Fair trip teased for Grant.
The text contrasts General Sherman with Senator Sherman over postwar South policy, arguing for fewer Reconstruction acts to restore order. It cites Ku Klux concerns, praise for Sherman’s views on peace, and calls for cessation of federal legislation. Correspondence from Northern Louisiana by W. C. B. reflects optimism for Hendricks and Louisiana growth through land, rail, and skilled labor.
A private letter from a public affairs observer extols Posey County for issuing no county orders in twenty years, paying all bills in cash, and holding a surplus over fifty thousand dollars in the treasury. It notes a twenty thousand dollar payment to a railroad project from Mount Vernon via Grayville to Mattoon with cash advance. The piece ends with a Democratic salute and a separate lemon on Sebastopol fortifications referencing a rival notice.
The piece argues that after Lincoln’s defeat in 1864 the Democratic Party shows growing vitality through acquisitions from prominent Republicans. It cites New York World noting cabinet members and notable Republicans now favor Democrats, including Chase Blair Seward Johnson Adams Grant and others. The trend marks Republicans becoming Democratic allies and Democrats heading toward constitutional Democracy per the New York Sun commentary.
The piece lists many potential 1872 candidates with ages and notes on their viability. Gen Sherman is uninterested in the presidency at 51, while Adams is 64. McClellan and Chase appear as possible Dem and fusion bids. Entries include Sumner born 1811, Sherman nearly 40, Grant 49, Fremont 58, and others such as Logan, Butler, Blaine, Colfax, and Shenpricks. The report mixes candidacy chatter with editorials on constitutional government and a memorial to John Hatfield, inventor of lucifer matches, plus a barb about Susan B Anthony.
The undersigned will apply for a license at the next session of the Posey County Board of Commissioners to retail spirituous and malt liquors on Lot No 4 in Maclure's part of New Harmony Posey County Indiana. May 31. DANIFD HON.
A New Orleans circus bill features William B. Carroll on a famed Arabian, Annie Carroll perched atop his head, Madam Amelia Bridges as a top tight rope and scene rider, Willie Carroll at age eight in horse acts, Willis Wolf as acrobat and gymnast, the Leslie Brothers on the horizontal bar, Frank Ashton the contortionist, Annie Carroll as a child rider, William Corson a premier leaper and tumbler, and Harry Blood the humorist in a lineup of high‑flying acts and impressive equestrian feats.
New Harmony and Cynthiana report child care operation details with unclear context. The fragment mentions numbers 2 and 74 under Bee Doors and references two locations New Harmony and Cynthiana.
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