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Newspaper
New Harmony Register
Location
New Harmony, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1872
Page
2
The Indiana scene shows Grant detractors and Liberal Republicans gaining ground. Morton faces opposition over patronage and alleged voter manipulation while reformers align with Liberal Republicans. Predicts an October Hendricks lead and a strong Greeley showing in November. notes no corruption labels on Greeley or Brown.
New Orleans Governor Warmoth raced to outpace Lieutenant Governor Pinchback who left the Fifth Avenue Hotel to sign Louisiana election bills favorable to Grant. Warmoth dispatched a special engine, chased from Humboldt to Canton to New Orleans, arriving just as Pinchback reached the capital, spoiling the plan.
The article argues that Liberal voters must actively campaign for Mr. Greeley and the entire Liberal ticket. It notes past regional voting patterns, urges decisive acceptance of the coalition with Democrats, and promotes reconciliation and reform across parties. It stresses unreserved adhesion to all honest nominees in the new alliance.
Grace Greenwood urges self-reliance with lines about carving a path up the mountain through steady effort. She argues fortunes come from earned dollars and fame from genuine merit, not paid praise, while warns against overreliance on friends. The True Democrat under Colonel Blanton Duncan’s paper, dead motto We Mean Business.
Hon. Daniel W. Voorhees introduces Horace Greeley before a vast Indianapolis crowd in the State house yard. He praises Greeley’s political writings and tour speeches as unparalleled in American history, pledging support and foreseeing peace, reconciliation, and national purification through the movement.
The Rockport Journal praises William Heilman as the laborer's and soldier's friend while critics call such claims fraudulent. The Rockport Dem accuses Republicans of cynically posing as soldiers' friends and rail against Voorhees and Niblack for pushing bills to raise pay, bounty, and land warrants. Critics vow future success in addressing soldiers' rights with a Democratic majority.
In the sixteenth century a custom prevailed of burying the heart apart from the body. Wedmore holds a monument to Capt. Thomas Hodges of Somerset who, at Antwerp, won two ebsien and gave his heart to his wife England. Lord Edward Bruce’s heart was carried in a silver box from Holland to England. The ritual included renewing the heart with wine on the anniversary of entombment.
The piece criticizes Heilman for repeated bid to push a six-copy weekly papers resolution and other motions while noting his inconsistent stance on Grant. It contrasts Heilman’s actions with Mack’s censure of candidates taking gifts, and condemns district candidates as Evansville electioneers. It asserts Morton’s money influence in Indiana elections, predicting Hendricks and Greeley victory by large majorities.
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