South Carolina Rediscovers Union Duty Amid Reconstruction Debate
A caustic letter to the Columbia Phoenix from Governor Perry defends his unionist ties while warning South Carolinians against supporting a convention. The piece argues enfranchisement for freedmen favors reconstruction and warns that neglecting to register voters could doom white influence in future elections.
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Columbia Phonix
My. Perry
South Carolina
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Perry
Haaupheaeopior
Tans Wee
Reconstruction era party platform in South Carolina debate
The piece outlines rival Reconstruction factions, the Orr and Perry camps, debating cooperation with Republicans, military control, and the need for policy reforms. It advocates registrar fairness, debt imprisonment limits, land division to aid the poor, tenant protections, tax reform, court reorganization, universal ballot elections, and state aid for the needy while pledging support for Congress' Union restoration and Republican principles.
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South Carolina
Orr
Perry
South Catalina
Andale Choual
Fee Seathia Wa
Iman
Congress
Republican Party
NTIL
Union Republican Party
GO. Delarcge
Chirnan
J. Maxwell
W.7. Pilepper
W. M. Mackmy
K. JT. Cain
Union Republican Party of South Carolina Platform
The Charleston platform forms the Union Republican party of South Carolina. It calls for universal education funded by a general property tax, and a liberal public improvements program including railroads and canals with fair contract awarding to ensure equal opportunity for all citizens.
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Congress
South Carolina
Union Republican Party of
Providence and policy amid slaveholding society remarks
Captain John Lyon argues that Providence shapes national ends and that society must adapt its policy to current conditions to achieve happiness and safety. He praises patience, laments demagoguery, and credits God with bringing Africans to freedom, while warning against distrust between races. A Louisville Police Court note details Rose Barber, a Confederate veteran, jailed briefly for drunkenness after a prior war service.
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Christiana
Linia
Africa
Gold Placera of the South and the Reconstruction
The article argues that South reconstruction should be fueled by business, trade, and mineral wealth. It notes gold fields in North Carolina and Georgia as promising, with mines near Dahlonega and a mint, and mentions General J. J. Jackman investing in a South Carolina plantation. It reflects on regional geology and the potential of southern ore deposits to bolster peace and union.
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Congress
Widl
North Carolina
Georgia
Colorado
California
Mano
Alabama
Potsdam
New Hampshire
Potomac
Washington
Virginia
Carolina
Moore
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Montgomery
Davidson
Cabarrus
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Mecklenburg
Union
Lincoln
Catawba
Rutherford
Burke
Enderson
Alleghanies
Davis
Charleston Mercury
Memphian Mergeson in Fatal Saloon Duel with Courtesan
In Memphis a young physician Robert Merguson killed by a courtesan after a dispute with a rival suitor. He wounded a would be assassin Yonker and was fatally shot and stabbed in a tavern encounter. The case ends with both pursuers dead and a chaotic scene as bystanders gather.
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Tennessee
Robert Merguson
Medical University of Philadelphia
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Philadelphia
Erguson
Ero Long
Ferguson
Nashville
Verguson
California
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Yonker
Merenson
Morguson
Unknown verse on the Bible from Westminster Abbey prose
A nameless undated description found at Westminster Abbey extols the Bible as perfect law for rulers and subjects, parents and children, and all social roles. It praises wisdom, justice, and divine guidance, claiming the book governs weddings, wills, and daily life.
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Louisville Journal
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