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Newspaper
Shawano County Journal
Location
Shawano, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1865
Page
1
Advertised rates list for Rockwell Upham and partners. Prices include per column widths, six month and yearly terms, with legal notices offered at statute prices. Names Upshaw, Rockwell, and Upham appear in the rate card along with pricing for square, half, and quarter columns and per-line charges.
The document lists the United States executive officers in the early cabinet ranks. It names President Andrew Sorenson, Vice President Lafayette Foster, and cabinet secretaries including Seward, McCulloch, Stanton, Welles, Harlan, Speed, and Dennison.
A dense roster lists Wisconsin state officers and circuit judges with counties for several districts. Includes Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of State, State Treasurer, Attorney General, Superintendent, and numerous circuit judges. Also shows appointments by the governor, and county officials with a medical notice at a residence on Main Street.
The Shawano County Journal prints on Thursday evening October 12 1865 with editor A G Rockwell stating the paper defends the people's rights against influence and bribe. This notice frames the paper as a state and county issue oriented publication.
Gen Lucius Fairchild and others named for governor lieutenant governor secretary of state state treasurer attorney general comptroller state superintendent state prison keeper and district representative with a speech excerpt stressing past service as the credential for future duty. The list includes Thomas Allen William E Smith Charles R Gill J M Rusk John G McMunn Henry Cordier Joseph Harris Isaac Stephenson and Wyman Spooner.
The platform thanks God for final victory in the war from lakes to gulf and pledges gratitude to army and navy. It calls for honoring disabled soldiers, equal bounty for earlier servicemen, and preference in public employment. It denounces secession and asserts national debt as sacred. Election date noted as Tuesday November 7, 1865.
A Green Bay Advocate platform proposes voter qualifications in the South based on literacy, work, military service, and support for emancipation. The Madison convention feature references, questions about a lesser known local delegate, and a satire on political maneuvering are noted. Cotton price is reported at twenty cents per pound in Columbus, Georgia.
The Wisconsin Convention met in Janesville on September 27 with General James H. Paine presiding. It adopted resolutions favoring reconstruction with a free constitution and universal suffrage, extending support to Andrew Johnson, and backing the state ticket and impartial suffrage. Judge Howe spoke in favor, and the gathering was large and harmonious.
A Fond du Lac Press piece brands the Reporter editor as a contemptible liar and mocks Oshkosh Democrat writer Shurly. It accuses opponents of opposing the war and federal authority, and derides the editor’s promotion to foreman of the job department while recounting an earlier plea for display type to publish a political call.
A collage of postwar items, including trials and executions for massacre participants, political reshuffles, and Confederate-era figures. Notes on Florida reconstruction, a new Atlanta bank, debt reductions, labor shifts in coal regions, and shifting military leadership. Writings touch Osage land cession, freedmen activity, rail and canal projects, and local incidents from Wisconsin towns to national figures.
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