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Newspaper
Springfield Springfield Leader
Location
Springfield, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1870
Page
2
A long excerpt from a Weexly Leader style column surveys politics and foreign affairs, noting President Lincoln era themes, taxation, enfranchisement, and a Brussels to London war dispatch. It mixes domestic policy critique with international updates, referencing Brigham Young, revenue figures, and the Marne battle developments as context.
The president outlines postwar goals including swift reconstruction of Virginia Mississippi and Texas, protection of citizens neutrality in Europe and the Caribbean, expansion of American commerce especially with San Domingo, and measures to improve the navy postal services and civil service while urging Congress to annex San Domingo and promote American shipping and manufacturing.
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