A Slave Turned Master
The piece critiques Ulysses S. Grant’s rise within the Republican Party, portraying him as a self serving ruler using patronage to control party and government. It argues he sought personal power over policy, leveraging allies like Boutwell and Cameron while sidelining Sumner, Schurz, and liberal Republicans. It portrays Grant as wary of politics yet quick to deploy tools for domination, treating office as possession rather than trust.
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Blair
Grant
Charles Summer
Carl Schurz
J World
Atlantic
Senate
House
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Boutwell
Cameron
Turis
Chandler
Morton
Butler
Radical Party
Sumner
Colfax
Blaine
Logan
United States
Reed
New York Commercial Advertiser
England
Lowe
Urope
Singland
Congress
Hidden Threats: Preserve Silence Among Friends and Kin
A cautionary note advises that to keep enemies unaware of your harm you should never let friends or relatives know any. The proverb emphasizes secrecy within close circles to prevent vulnerable information from leaking to adversaries.
Washington Letter No 17 on Senate row over treaty and Greeley attack
Correspondence from Wasiixerax D C May 19 187L describes the Senate debate over the Sigh Joint treaty, attacks on Horace Greeley and the Tribune, and accusations that White House pressure drives the investigation. It notes opposition to secrecy, mentions Caleb Cushing and Sumner, and critiques Reconstruction and universal suffrage.
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Washington
Wasiixerax
D.C
New England
Senate
Llorace Greeley
Wisconsin
Matt. Carpenter
Beagles
Conkling
Capitol
Tribune
Tipton
Carpenter Edmunds
Towe
White House
Wiihune
Matt Carpenter
Cameron
Caleb Cushing
Grant & Co
South
Sumner
Dad
Grant
Hix
Warner
Alabama
Ilo
Ulysacs
New Mexico
Shall Reconstruction Be Maintained In The South Debate
The piece quotes a Morton's keynote question on universal amnesty and suffrage, arguing for equal ballot access for white and colored citizens and condemning Republican fear of white voters in the South. It then recounts a Lexington Kentucky performance where Banquo interrupts a veteran pianist during a dramatic moment, provoking laughter and a sharp exit, and closes with New York Democrats claiming debt reduction amid poor governance.
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South
New York Tribune
New Orleans
Greevey
The
Tribune
Snennan
Congress
the Tribune
Cllows
Fisk's
New York Street Commission
Morton
Polla
Meaven
Louisiana
Georgia
Carolinas
Terre Miad de Gazette
pariIn McKean Buchanan
Lexington
Duncan
Banquo
New York
Union
Aw Beg Pardon Bathroom Tale Amuses Washington Society
Don Pfarr recounts a ribald colonial era anecdote about a refined English guest at a wealthy American’s house who, after a bath, proclaims Aw, I beg pardon. A startled daughter, fleeing in, closes the door and screams as a languid voice repeats the phrase, ending with the shocked father asking what happened.
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Don Pfarr
Pandon
Papa
Pater Familias
Pawdon
Welles Denounces Federal Overreach In GOP Reconstruction Critique
Ex Navy secretary GippoN Welles writes to the Hartford Courant asserting states rights to form constitutions. He condemns Republican overreach in Virginia and Georgia, federal military intervention at elections, and centralizing Reconstruction measures as unconstitutional. He also notes German imperial print trades and military campaigns in a satirical aside.
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Gippon Welles
Navy
Hartford Courant
Virginia
Georgia
Kansas
Congress
Ku Klux Organization
Medal for Sumner tied to Haiti annexation stance
Laytien government plans to award Mr. Sumner a gold medal for opposing the annexation of San Domingo. The medal, ordered by Mr. Preston, arrives in Port-au-Prince amid praise from Gazette du Peuple, which notes subscribers and lauds independence and virtue as a mark of Haiti honoring small states resisting larger powers.
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Sumner
Laytien
San Domingo
Preston
Gazette du Peuple
Port-au-Prince
Port-au- Prince
The
Gazette
Hayti
Boston Herald
Patience and politics in the Northern and Southern press
A composite note on reactions to England’s tax attempt, U.S. tax patience, Horace Greeley’s prominence in Southern and Northern outlets, and editorials from The Cincinnati Commercial and The Connersville Times. The piece contrasts American restraint with British taxation, cites Radicals’ Army protection bill, and mentions a generous wine gift to a local editor.
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New Orleans Picayune
Horace Greeley
Republican Party
Greeley
Mason & Dixon
Old English Rule Clash In South Carolina Court
A humorous clash over dress codes in a South Carolina court ends with a lawyer noting strict law requires a black gown while asking if the hat and sword must be cocked too. A separate classroom pun about the Norwegian poet Lyder Hen adds a smile to a Rochester University lecture.
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South Carolina
Mr. Petigrue
Petigrue
Judgve
Dpetigrue
Rochester University
Lylward Hen
Greeley mischief and religious retort in a wry tale
A reporter visits Horace Greeley at his farm and hears his blue geese theory. In Washington a dispute between Grant and Sumner looms. A revival preacher meets a rough listener who dismisses hell’s horrors with a joking twist.
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Bune
Horace Greeley
Grant
Sumner
Valley of the Green Mountains
Hell
Germany Suffers From Twenty Two Humorous Papers At Present
A note states Germany currently has 22 humorous papers in circulation. It highlights a lively press landscape with playful weekly titles and assorted satirical content.
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Germany
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Metz
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Juorraine
Thiers
Mr. Sumner
garTho Times
Cincinnati
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Connersville
Granary Street
Joan Kilbinger
New Twarmony
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Wm. Cross
Thad. S. Smith
Robb Township
Posey County
Indiana
William O'Brien
Wabash River
Martin R. Miller
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Quebec
Canada
Chicago
Jonn Kilbinger
J. P
Jas
R. CoLllins
Toasier
Ifis
Byneall
Thrall & Mumford's
Thrall & Muelou
Tural All & Mumford's
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Thrall & Mumford
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