25 May 1865
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Newspaper
Seattle Weekly Gazette
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1865
Page
1
A patchwork of 19th century items covers a poem about a soldier’s sixteenth battle in a hovel dying of wounds, political notes on Canada and Greenbacks, an execution account at Fort Lafayette, Kennedy’s changing mood, a Blackwood’s Magazine sketch of the Tower of Babel, and a note on porcelain photography.
The Montreal Gazette and New York dispatches question Robert J. Walker’s plan to annex Canada to the United States with a claimed 100 million dollars. The paper cites hints of pro annexation sentiment, but casts doubt on the scheme while noting opposition from officials and critics who deny the plan. Canadians would align with Uncle Sam only when desired, the piece suggests.
A country youth back from London tells his father he was guarded by two policemen part of the time during his conduct there.
A Washington Standard tone piece lauds Andrew Johnson as a steadfast postwar leader. It portrays Johnson as clear in policy, unyielding to treason, and determined to restore the Union, crush rebellion, and impose impartial justice on former Confederates. The piece compares him to a historic hero and defends his hardline stance against reconciliation with treason.
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