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Newspaper
New Harmony Register
Location
New Harmony, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1868
Page
2
A historic brief notes Oratio Seymour of New York associated with the Democratic National Ticket for president. The fragment indicates a regional figure backing the party ticket amid national campaigns. No further context or dates are provided in readable text.
An extract of Horatio Seymour at Cooper Institute argues Radical policy creates two currencies, rich bondholder protection and depreciated money for workers. It claims misgovernance and heavy taxation impoverish labor, reducing U S bonds’ value and forcing long hours to survive.
A lost-focused appeal urges voters to back SxymMour and Biatt to restore the Union and Constitution, end negro domination, curb taxation, reduce military spending, and elect a new era of economy and reform. It promotes peace, industry, and a bastion of fiscal responsibility ahead of November 3.
The passage argues laborers pay the bulk of taxes through higher prices on boots and everyday goods. It lists taxes on cattle, tanning, leather, bootmaking, and sales while noting how rent, tea, sugar, and clothing rise. It questions whether freeing the negro would not enslave the white man.
A quotation contrasts Grant’s bayonet with Seymours ballot as tools to secure peace. The reader is urged to choose between force and votes in guiding the nation, framed as a partisan prompt asking which instrument is preferred.
Deeds issued by the government transfer labor rights to another party at a substantial discount with payment guaranteed, effectively selling labor engagement rights and promising assurance of compensation.
The piece argues that war leaders cannot secure lasting peace and criticizes the Radical party’s handling of reconstruction and national policy. It cites Grant’s failures to negotiate peace, endorses Southern cooperation, and condemns tax exemptions for bondholders, claiming they burden laboring men. It references contemporaries like Lincoln, McClellan, and Blair and notes political cartoons and local vote tables.
A critic argues against adding 154 million in a single year to the public debt and accuses leaders of evasive economic shows. He claims Seymour and Blair would discharge debt with greenbacks, taxation on bonds, universal white rule, and abolition of freedmen's schools, promising easier times and broader prosperity if elected, asking Vater which program is preferred.
The passage asks readers to consider what Radicalism offers beyond notable aims and lists special capital privileges high tariffs oppressive debt and tax burdens plus negro equality and military ascendancy as key points. It invites reflection on whether any other motives justify support for strong central government.
Bondholders emerge as the standout topic, occupying prominent display in the paper with bold, large capitals. The emphasis signals their financial prominence and attention-grabbing status in the article's coverage.
A historical editorial lauds Democratic governance, praising growth, immigration, statehood, and constitutional liberty. It claims prosperity, tax absence for citizens, and civil power over military rule, while noting critics label the party as country’s enemy.
A Democratic program promises to reduce annual government expenses by 100 million dollars for three years and redirect 50 to 75 million toward paying down the national debt. It calls for gradual recall of greenback notes, banking capital rebalancing, and a swift return to specie payments. The plan seeks tax equity on all property and ensuring full payment of all government bonds and notes, while lowering prices for sugar and basic goods.
The Philadelphia Age reports a Democratic sweep in Connecticut with thousands more votes, calling it the party’s most brilliant triumph in the state. It adds and predicts Pennsylvania Democrats will crush the Radical column, though the editors doubt the forecast due to impaired vision.
The Missouri Republican recounts Governor Seymour during a health retreat in Wisconsin. Amid a sudden thunderstorm he sheltered in a log cabin with an old sailor and wife. The governor’s friend secretly aided the needy pair, leaving a twenty dollar gift and tears of gratitude as they parted, unseen except by the crew and the Creator.
A stump orator derides his opponent as a culless man and argues against a theory that a soul dies with one person and animates a newborn. He claims extensive inquiries show no deaths before the opponent's nativity, urging fellow citizens to infer the opposite.
A polemical passage argues voters should compel candidates to explain the cost of a standing army, the fate of public funds, the rising national debt, political positions on negro suffrage, tax fairness, postwar Union restoration, bondholders’ gold versus greenbacks, and alleged waste by Bureau officials. The rhetoric targets Radical policy and wartime economics with charged assertions about taxes, debt, and governance.
A list of expected radical policy votes including taxes for a standing army suppression of free speech and congressional overreach. Mentions Freedmen's Bureau pensions, loyalist pay, tax gatherers, eastern manufacturers, and military commissions. Notes fear of partisan schemes and constitutional overreach under Radical Congress. Ends with a remark about Canadians avoiding green apostacles on their noses.
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