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Newspaper
Springfield Springfield Leader
Location
Springfield, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1869
Page
2
A period piece recounts Christmas greetings and a sharp critique of Congress and press rivalries. It details appointments under Lincoln and Grant eras, Georgia seating debates, Butler versus Greeley on Confederate punishment, and a reader’s challenge about Fort Scott Springfield railroad funds amid local finance disputes.
From Port Scott Monitor and a reliable source comes word of renewed lawlessness by Leaguers on Neutral Land near Columbus Cherokee County. They burned Decatur s house and haystack, fired pistols at night, and attacked coal workers while he supported law and order and a railroad. The piece also lists newly appointed United States Circuit Judges by President Grant and notes church leaders sending messages to the Pope.
In Washington December 13, 1869 discussion centers on the push for amnesty and pardons amid Western Democratic opposition. The piece claims money interests distort policy, cites names Kerr Mungen Hooper and Garfield, and challenges Senate representation as unequal. It notes Boutwell’s debt policy, repudiation talk, and critiques city governance and civil rights rhetoric. A Georgia senator and a doorkeeper altercation highlight political tension and race dynamics in congressional spaces.
A speaker argues that genuine benevolence in children comes from direct contact with real suffering and guided conscience. Do not merely urge kindness, but teach discernment, restraint, and charitable action through example, especially during holidays. The aim is to cultivate the three Christian graces by concrete acts of mercy.
A note on Carthage in Jasper County highlights its claim as the liveliest and most loyal town in the Southwest, with scarce churches. The piece mentions plans for a Laclede and Fort Scott Railroad contract in Vernon County and updates on Springfield and Memphis railroad survey funding, plus Wyoming Territory moves toward women’s suffrage granting voting rights and office eligibility to all women twenty one and older.
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