10 Oct 1868
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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1868
Page
1
A lament for civil conflict ends with rallying cries and the Union versus treason, praising Grant’s victories at Vicksburg and Richmond while urging voters to support the Union. The piece references Gen Blair’s Indianapolis speech criticizing Grant and portrays Democratic fears of military despotism, race mixing, and polygamy.
A collage of witty one liners, social quips, and anecdotes from letters and newspapers, including jests about shaving, hair transplants, dining at sea, and a bridegroom’s lectures. Notables mentioned include T. D. A. Fessenden, Rev. Henry Hart Milman, and a London obituary. seismic sea reports from Gibs Gow.
The article relays letters from distinguished Union veterans urging support for Grant and Colfax, deeming Seymour and Blair unfit. Generals Sherman Howard Pope Sigel Sheridan Kilpatrick Sickles Burnside and others endorse Grant, while Southern figures aligned with Seymour and Blair are listed as opponents urging loyalty to the Union. The piece frames the election as a defense of national victory and repudiates Democratic repudiation rhetoric.
Tur rebels in Warrenton Georgia obtained new evidence of how they “accept the situation” as a Republican gathering was planned. Deputized Sheriff Poor of Mitchell County informed the procession that the meeting would be barred. The event relocated to a colored church but was dispersed amid fears of attacks, echoing the Camilla controversy and sparking nationwide condemnation for suppression of free speech and public assembly.
The Spanish revolt has succeeded rapidly with Queen Isabel fleeing to France and Gen. Prim in Madrid establishing a provisional government likely to be monarchic. The move signals mature popular support and a planned leadership, while a proclamation calls out the national militia.
The Herald claims Singleton has many radicals as friends. It argues those radicals align with him against the war’s further prosecution and against treason by the South. The piece asserts all radical rebels share this view and endorses the Herald’s interpretation as correct.
A Warsaw correspondent reports a German orator named Arnstein of Quincy addressed about thirty or forty Germans in Warsaw last Thursday night. The note questions if this is Bar ney Arntzen of the Quincy Herald or Artzen of the Chicago Times and mocks the campaign's aliases. The piece ends with a quip on fame and references slippery elm as sleigh runner timber.
Hon James A McKenzie Republican candidate travels Henderson County with effective canvass. Area meetings draw large enthusiastic crowds as he campaigns across the region.
General Grant letter from 1868 criticizes the New York Convention and its plan to override Congress with executive power. The writer argues law and constitutional limits must guide the presidency and warns against violence or forcibly displacing elected authorities.
Many Missouri items. Carl Schurz speaks at La Grange. Knox county wheat acreage nearly doubles last fall. Col L M Lawson rated St Joseph railroad president. Land near Pleasant Hill sold for 15 dollars per acre. Rich lead beds found in southern Benton. Vindicator ceased. McCoole bought booths at St Louis fair. sale netted about 10,000 dollars. Pew sales in Jewish synagogue at St Louis yielded 49,000 dollars. Wray tannery in Mechanicsville burned. loss 5,000. Harrison county radicals nominate Neal for Legislature. Sedalia plans to loan 100,000 for manufacturing. Various local deaths, crim es, and society notes fill a wide column.
Reverdy Johnson, our Minister to England, like Gen. Dix, favors Grant for President. Pomeroy’s New York venture has fallen to 10,000–12,000 daily. Gen. Palmer and Gen. Walker spoke to a large Republican mass meeting at Griggsville. Hartford Postmaster Cleveland, who joined the Democrats, will resign and switch to Grant and Colfax. Gen. Sickles reports Ohio and Pennsylvania solid for Grant. New York Sun urges Seymour to withdraw and unite behind Grant to restore era of good feeling.
Nashville paper recounts a chain of fatal vendetta events in Hawkins County. J C Willis killed Sizemore, who had killed Cain and Bewley earlier, and Bewley killed Cain’s son. Sizemore avenged Cain’s death by killing Thurman before Willis murdered Sizemore, now Willis himself is murdered, prompting horror at the continuing bloodshed.
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