24 Mar 1887
Page 1
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Newspaper
The Abilene Reflector
Location
Abilene, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1887
Page
1
The fragment reflects grief and memory, imagery of graves and a graveyard on a hill, a mother’s kiss, and a lover’s hand. It laments many who have died or gone abroad, with lines about bones whitened by time and seconds of sorrow kept in living memory.
Hon. John G Carlisle speaks in Boston to a Democratic club reception. He defends party loyalty as a virtue when aligned with broad national aims, argues for strict constitutional construction, local self government, and states rights as foundational to democracy. The speech emphasizes federal power limits and the Tenth Amendment.
The speaker defends states rights over centralization, warns against federal overreach, and urges preserving local authority through town meetings. He argues taxes should fund essential expenses, not broaden state control, and cites Massachusetts and New England as examples of stable governance. Joseph Shadigg, convicted for illegal liquor sales, was pardoned after Governor Martin commuted the jail term and fines.
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