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Quincy Whig

Location

Quincy, Illinois, United States of America

Date

May 08, 1869

Page

2

Political argument on party power and presidential veto use

The speaker rebuts neighbor claims blaming the Republicans for wartime issues and defends the presidency’s veto power as historically exercised chiefly by Democratic Presidents. He argues the Democratic party opposes centralized power yet has supported imperial prerogatives, while noting Southern Democrats favored severing the Union.

Sirk Zinpethket Republican Radical Party Andy Johnson Democratic Andy Jackson Pierce Buchanan Johnson Popular Department Govéhisigh Congress Democratic Party

National encampment clash and racing notes from 19th century events

The report notes Generals Burnside and Logan set for rival leadership at the Grand Army of the Republic encampment in Cincinnati. It covers a $1,000 Leavenworth race between two famous horses, and a plan to haul $2,000,000 in bullion from Chihuahua to New York. It recalls the Bangor Republican State Convention date, velocipede debates in Gotham, nutmeg trees in California, a Winterset postmaster marriage, and various income figures in Brooklyn.

Weser Burnside J. A. Logan Grand Army of the Republic Cincinnati Leavenworth San Francisco England Bangor Gotham Sierra Nevada Range California San Mateo Cal East Indies Feather River Placer County Miss Jones Winterset Iowa Alfred Smith Smith Bardly C. Eartiey House Low A. A. Low E. H. R. Lyman HE. Richardson Henry Sheldon J. C.southwick J. 5. Turner W.8. Woodward Central Bank

Third Annual Meeting of Missouri Editors and Publishers

The Missouri editors and publishers association will hold its third annual meeting in St. Louis on May 19 1869. Col N J Goleman will deliver the annual address and Thos E Garrett Esq will read the poem.

Missouri Editors and Publishers .Association St. Louis Col. N. J. Goleman Thos. E. Garrett, Esq St. Mis

Riots and Attacks on Fort Scott Rail Line Force Militia

Reports from St Louis May 5 describe clashes around the Cherokee neutral lands and the Fort Scott Gulf Railroad in Kansas. An armed group harassed the Joy line party. two men were captured, equipment seized. Mob violence targeted officials including Hon O Vass delaying meetings at Fort Scott. Engineers report violent threats and a widespread “reign of terror.” About 1,658 workers were active near Girard amid possible US troop deployment to preserve peace. A Peoria Democrat item recounts a freight train wreck near Secor resulting in engineer Grant Marvin dead and fireman severely injured, with the locomotive and cars plunging into Panther Creek. A Protestant-Catholic note discusses Mr Ffoulkes’s Oxford tutor tract stirring Rome, with the author urged to withdraw to regain church privileges, suggesting possible return to Protestantism for some. London correspondence mentions a Boston observer on a man named Kogan dying suddenly, coroner’s verdict citing death from alcohol.

Fort Scott Joy Purchase O. Vass St. Louis The Kansas City Journal Missouri River Senator Ross Girard Chapman Runk United States Peoria Democrat Toledo, Peoria & Warsaw Grant Marvin W. P. Railback Panther Creek Secor Marvin Morgan Oxford Cambridge Rome Thomas Arnold Palgrave Walford Hemans Newman Birmingham Manning London Boston

Allcock and Schenck Remedies Promised for Consumption

An advertisement extols Allcock's Porous Plasters for rheumatic and nerve pain and touts Schenck's Pulmonic Syrup Seaweed Tonic and Mandrake Pills as curative for consumption Liver Complaint and Dyspepsia. It cites testimonials from Dr J W Johnson and FE Fuller and urges readers to buy through Brandreth House New York and Schenck's Philadelphia office with prices listed.

Allcock J. W. Johnson Hartford Fuller Peekskill Thomex Allcock & Co FE. D. Fuller Peekekill Brandreth House New Fork Schenck J. H. Schenck Philadelphia Scleack Dr. Schenck Bois

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