25 Oct 1876
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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1876
Page
1
The Clermont Courier lists its publication as weekly dated Wednesday with Browning BBC as publisher. Subscriptions are $1.50 per year in advance.
A collage of editorials and letters from Washington to Newark argues over reform and party strategy. Figures speculate on Tilden Hendricks margins, Republican gains in Connecticut Ohio Indiana and the South, with warnings from clergy and letters urging voter action and loyalty to parties.
A critique of Democratic return to power in the South and its impact on national unity. The piece questions whether the South, with its coalition of old Democratic allies, can responsibly govern the Union and warns against allowing reform to be captured by Southern controls. It cites Hampton Harris and Chamberlain disputes, Ku Klux activity, and the danger to suffrage and civil rights.
Norwich Bulletin argues Hayes's record as a reformer includes four major Ohio reforms from 1868 to 1872. It cites debt reduction and tax cuts, curbing local debt and expenditures, prison administration improvements, and efforts to diversify election board representation and limit patronage.
The Cincinnati Gazette notes Ohio’s Republican victory nearly doubling last year’s margin and argues Indiana will give Hayes a solid 10 000 lead. It criticizes Tilden’s machine influence in Kentucky and asserts Democrats will struggle to mobilize for November with Hendricks’ legacy and Blue Jeans support fading.
The New-York Graphic notes a trend of wit aligned with Republicans and jokes targeting Tilden. It discusses wit’s roots as wisdom and its role as a progressive force, contrasting historic wits who joined parties for liberty with current debates over party loyalty and reform.
In winter 1864 Adam Wickerham recalls guards at Mill Bridge near Martinsburg. A tired rider sought shelter, shared a meal, and slept in a pine cabin. The guest turns out to be Rutherford B. Hayes, commander of a division moving toward Trolson's, later gaining fame as General Hayes after Cedar Creek.
The article details the October struggle goals four in number. It notes Ohio elects Secretary of State and gains in Congress while Indiana elects Governor and sees Republicans gain in Congress. It reports Ohio Republicans 7 to 13 Democrats now with future 12 to 8 and Indiana 5 to 8 now with future 9 to 4. It concludes three of four aims achieved and signals near future success.
The article exposes the scale of Southern claims totaling 2 508 622 386 dollars, larger than the national debt, alleging the bills were held until after the presidential campaign. It outlines categories including levee rebuilding, bridge works, cotton tax refunds, supplies used or destroyed, and property use.
Legal and all transient advertisements cost one dollar per square for the first insertion and fifty cents for each additional insertion. A liberal yearly reduction is offered. Business ecards up to six lines are six dollars per year.
A fragment listing amounts tied to proceeds of captured property and various claims. Figures include 9,000 and 5,153,886 for disloyal mail contractors and claimants, 350,000 for disloyal claimants under repeal, 500,000 for private relief bills, and a total of 2,503,622,336.
The piece accuses Mr. Tilden of treasonable utterances before the Civil War and during the 1864 Chicago Convention. It cites a letter to Judge Kent and a Tweddle Hall Convention speech endorsing resistance to Lincoln’s administration. It condemns his alleged actions as unpatriotic and urges a loyal leader.
The New York Times recounts Samuel J. Tilden and Anthony Morse during the 1864 Fort Wayne venture. A partner aimed to sell to cover panic losses while Tilden secretly ordered brokers to dump stock. The other man lost about eighty thousand dollars. Morse faced ruin as Tilden netted sixty thousand. The piece questions if a man like Tilden should govern the nation.
Aimee invested 50000 in Brazilian diamonds after acting in Brazil. She smuggled stones in dresses, feared theft, placed most diamonds in a bank that later failed, and recovered them with help from a confidant Col Fisk. She kept some diamonds with a financially trusted gentleman who later repaid.
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