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Newspaper

The Clermont Courier

Location

Batavia, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Sep 27, 1876

Page

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Terms: $1.50 Per Year In 4 vdv Los

The fragment notes annual terms at $1.50 per year and a reference to four installments or divisions. Persistent OCR reads include unclear abbrivations and stray punctuation.

Campaign Lyric From Cincinnati on Reform and Unity

A Cincinnati Commercial poem laments war as it calls for reform and loyalty. It questions whether equity and justice can prevail through ballots, resisting corruption and rebel nostalgia while invoking Appomattox and national unity.

Congress

Campaign Siftings and Presidential Reform Debates

A recounted mix of editorials from Maine to New York on Tilden-Hendricks Hayes-Wheeler and the South’s influence. Critics attack the blue jeans reformers, while officials warn of national debt and taxes. The piece lauds Republican reformers, cites Hancock-like honesty, and urges party unity and vigilance ahead of the election.

New York Herald Maine Tilden Hendricks United States Hayes Wheeler Orden Wheeler Burlington Whitthorne Tennessee House Committee On Naval Affairs Indiana Jimmy New York Times Thayer Wyoming County Jackson Hayes and Wheeler Club Warsaw New York J. Samuel Johnson General Butler Boston Herald Butler Adams John Adams Lowell Woodford New Brunswick Cincinnati Albany N. Y New York State Sam Tilden Gov Hamburg

Labor disputes over wages and illegal payments in 1870s Combahee area

The article depicts labor tensions with workers paid forty to fifty cents a day and paid with illegitimate checks. It notes African American workers striking and using persuasive but unlawful means to enforce contracts while whites deploy armed squads. It suggests unrest may rise before calm returns.

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Slighting a Privilege in Norwich Campaign

A Norwich Bulletin excerpt urges Republicans to engage in this year’s political campaign, arguing moral grandeur and pride in participation. It emphasizes the one great aim, acknowledges difficulties, and contends Democrats are less active despite professed goals.

Reasons Why a Democrat Who Supported Tilden in 1874 Cannot Support Him in 1876

Deems Barnes argues across Ohio newspapers that Samuel J. Tilden betrayed reform. He claims Tilden concealed ties to Tweed, aided ring interests, and deserted party loyalty, detailing alleged corruption in New York and Brooklyn, and contends honest Democrats must oppose his 1876 Presidential bid.

Tilden Vawcrate Journal Ohio New York Democratic Party The Argus Galena and Chicago Railroad Company Michigan Brooklyn New Capitol Albany Grant Tweed Oregon Acros Indiana Connecticut Massachusetts Granite Mountains New Hampshire Allen Gaston Gov. Dix St. Louis New York World Greenwich Street van Benthuysen Mr. Tilden Wardell Senate Governor Tilden Lord Rochester Dennison Syracuse Lord of Bel Tammany Committee State Democratic Committee New York City Wilden New York Times Stn Samuel J. Tilden Hig Connolly Partnership Peltons Candes Hin Deemas Barnes

Retrenchment and Reform Critique of Civil Service and Waste

A Christian Union critique argues that indiscriminate retrenchment wastes public funds and derails long term projects. It warns that political cuts halt work, boosting costs later, and reflects on Civil Service workers who remain faithful to duties despite political storms. It urges honoring those who serve honestly.

Christian Union House of Representatives Engineer Department Congress Civil Service

Nomination of Charles Francis Adams Debated

The Democratic nomination of Charles Francis Adams for Governor of Massachusetts is criticized as insincere and lacking real significance. The piece argues the nomination offers little to the party and mirrors other party shifts without proving substantial impact.

Harper’s Weekly Charles Francis Adams Myseus

Democratic alarm over Adams candidacy and party manipulation

The piece argues that nominating Mr. Adams would rely on Republican votes and signals a dangerous, partisan manipulation within the Democratic party. It claims Adams would not prove a true Democratic victory and warns voters against supporting a candidate linked to distrusted party interests.

Virginia Letter Praises Rutherford B Hayes and Civil Service Reform

The author lauds Rutherford B Hayes as a Virginia gentleman of honor and lineage. He argues Hayes will reform civil service and root out corrupt practices, contrasts Hayes with Tilden, and expresses enduring Southern loyalty while praising Hayes’s wartime and postwar character. He defends voting Hayes over Democratic rivals and emphasizes Virginian respect for Hayes’s integrity.

John Tyler, Jr Rutherford B. Hayes Virginia Ohio Samuel J. Tilden South West Point General Grant Thomas A. Hendricks

Maine and Vermont show Republican strength across the North

The Vermont and Maine results are read as proof that the Republican party retains its vigor and will dominate the North, with Maine delivering a sweeping victory and denying any tidal wave for Tilden and reform. The piece argues the South’s opposition will be overcome by free northern votes and lawful governance.

Vermont Maine Republic Tilden Reform House of Representatives Patriotic Party

Soldiers and Sailors Clubs in Democratic Party Parade

The article denounces Democratic leaders plans to form Soldiers and Sailors clubs as a display of patriotism by a party accused of disunion and rebellion. It cites the idea as an attempt to prove loyalty amid war, referencing Andersonville atrocities and the broader wartime political struggle.

The Republic Mocratic Party Uniry Andersonville Lhon Newton Booth Danville Ind Democratic Party

Reformers Target Union Veterans in Tammany Strategy

The Union Reform Association, built from Democratic officers who joined for status, seeks to mobilize discredited officers and deserters as a soldier reform bloc to shield Democratic aims in the North and East. The effort aims to appeal to ex Union soldiers while dismissing reformers as allied with Ku Klux rhetoric and rebel apologists, though most veterans resist rallying behind the rebel flag.

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Still Hunt to Pry Apart Nation In Election

The piece contrasts North and South political climates after the Civil War, noting fair speech in the North and suppression in the South. It argues Confederate remnants seek black disenfranchisement via stealth violence, calling it a dangerous form of sectionalism and predicting a strong Northern turnout in November.

Union Lincoln Nationa National Party Tilden

Nasby’s Letter From Confederate Roads Warns of Dreadful Conflict

The letter describes armed men facing threats of violence during a raid. It portrays a pursuit of Black residents, claims a shooting by Issaker Gavitt at sixty yards, and recounts confrontations as whites search for arms and disable a neighbor’s property.

Nasby Joe Issaker Gavitt Niger

War voices and party lines through 1860s rhetoric

Excerpts present fiery remarks by Samuel J. Tilden about war and his stance against the Democratic party. Includes Rutherford B. Hayes 1861 sentiment and a Worcester speech praising the Republican party’s 16-year record and responsibilities.

Republican Party J. H. Seelye Worcester

Clermont Courier Ad Rates and Policies Clarified

The Clermont Courier announces advertising rates: legal and transient ads one square ten lines and first insertion one dollar, each extra insertion fifty cents. yearly reductions apply. Business cards up to six lines cost six dollars per year.

Civil War Debt and Amendments Praised as Nation Grows

The piece extols the Union's handling of postwar challenges, noting passage of the Thirteenth Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments, repayment of war debts, reduction of interest and taxes, and prudent management of large government funds. It lauds the government for honesty and stability, prompting world admiration.

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Why Hayes Went Into the War

A historical passage notes Hayes and Judge Matthews agreeing to join the Civil War, driven by Lincoln's troop call and a sense of duty. Hayes recalls the Sunday evening surge of public support in Cincinnati and his resolve to serve in the conflict despite personal risk.

Sumpter Lincoln Cincinnati North Hayes Matthews

Vermont Election Returns by County Governor Vote

Burlington Free Press presents complete Vermont governor election returns by county, comparing with 1872 results. The report itemizes county totals and highlights shifts in support across the state.

Vermont Burlington Free Press

Tilden Income Returns Attack in Cincinnati Gazette

The editor is asked to state decisions on Tilden income tax charges. The letter asserts no such law or decisions exist and alleges he falsified income figures for 1862 and later. It claims Tilden swore $7118 for 1862 and a $20000 fee from a railroad, and says the government will sue for deficiency.

Tilden Hayes St. Louis, Alton and Terre Haute Railroad Company Ohio State Journal R. B. Hayes Petard Eerie Birchard Friends of Terre Haute, Alton, and St. Louis Edi Gazette

Reformers and feather dusters in Indiana governor bid

The piece attacks Blue Jeans Williams of Indiana as a reformer with a crooked record. It notes his lemonade antics in the House and visits to the Senate for drinks, then reveals approval of bills funding luxury items for the Confederate House including feather dusters, sponges, nail brushes and cork screws, casting doubt on his integrity and campaign.

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Governor Tilden's War Record Draws Republican Rally

Gen. Conway quoted Tilden opposing the 1862 war effort and recounting Tilden’s reluctance to fund further Union forces while supporting aid to bring hometown soldiers home. The remarks sparked strong reaction at a Machias rally where Seth L. Mikken and Gen. Conway spoke.

Machias New York Time Seth L. Milliken Belfast Thomas W. Conway New York Conway Tilden Ninth New York Volunteers John van Buren James T. Brady Mayor Havemeyer George Opdyke William Curtis Noyes Mr. Brady Samuel J. Tilden South

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