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Newspaper
Pepin County Press
Location
Pepin, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1861
Page
2
The document declares unwavering support for the Union and strict action against armed traitors until the rebellion is crushed. It rejects pardons or negotiations with rebels and pledges to sustain the government and protect national independence.
The week has been autumnal with unsettled weather. Readers are directed to a Bark Comptroller advertisement. A grist mill near Dead Wake Prairie is reported in operation by M Minus. Mayor Trevy’s bedroom theft is noted. Archbishop Hughes letter boosts Catholic war support. Kentucky seamen oppose conscription and backing the Union. General Andersen tightens militia enrollment and arming in the state.
A neighboring town publishes a seven column sheet growing in prosperity and notes a blockading squadron seizure of Mississippi City cutting New Orleans Mobile communication. Messages claim Texan coast points captured and shipping Island New Orleans taken. Jackson County Banner reports rifle company attack on Spechts saloon leaving it gutted with few details.
An eccentric notice promotes E.R. Brown & Co's Panorama in Pepin with a vast mix of paintings. It then rails at Loyalists and traitors amid Civil War turmoil, accusing Confederate leaders of treason and predicting national hardship and unemployment.
A public voice denounces civil war, warns against supporting rebels or opposing the government, and declares two clear camps loyalists and traitors. It questions neutrality and condemns those who condone Lincoln’s policies while praising Jeff Davis. The piece frames ballot power as the remedy to wrongs and laments the nation’s division.
Oct Ist entry from Col Wheaton at Camp Fremont reports four more companies being raised by Col Daniels, boosting units to around eight hundred men. The piece discusses loyalty to the Union, Lincoln's proclamation, constitutional issues, and Southern secessionist rhetoric, with reflections on patriotism, governance, and fears of war and abolitionist influence.
The text presents distorted prose about liberty and the people in Congress shaping laws for freedom. It links emotion and national sentiment with battle imagery and calls to arms, depicting youths ready to defend a proclaimed liberty amid chaotic symbols.
West telegraph dispatches say the people are intensely exultant over talk of Fremont’s removal. Government shows no haste to interfere, aiming to test his capacity before any decision. General Wool left by morning train, likely to St Louis. Richmond papers report Davis urged soldiers to use rifles and reach Baltimore, and sick rebels sent from Manassas to Richmond. A balloon sighting attributed to Mountain’s craft, the Saratoga, dispels balloon rumor. British steamer Bernanda evaded the blockade and reached Savannah with arms and munitions. private intelligence treats this as conclusive.
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