Colored Representation Demands in Louisiana Race
The Democratic Press reports a radical pamphlet from Louisiana urging full black representation in Congress. It calls for at least two of seven seats for Black voters, claims equality as a right, and condemns Reconstruction as a failure if color-based exclusion persists. It argues the new Congress must empower universal suffrage and restore civil rights regardless of race.
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Radical Party
Charles Bamuer
Louisiana
Wiltie ‘Menard
Congréss
Mann
Congo
Asher
Republican Party
Georgia
Congress
White House
1St Congress
Supreme Law of the Republic
Cincinnati
Feview
Omersan
Seymour
America
Abraham Lincoln
Johnson
Stanton
Lincoln
North Carolina
General Grant
North
South
Connecticut
Pacific Coast
Californis
Ohio
Congress of the United States
United States
Roberts
Pekin
Niagara County
New York
Radical Republican split mirrors bond issue dissent in Massachusetts
A faction in the Sun District Massachusetts renominates Richard H. Tiona Fr for Congress, denouncing Butler over financial policy and Grant support. They praise the Chicago platform and call for repudiation of bonds in greenbacks while contrasting Ohio and state securities.
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Sun
Massachusetts
Ben. Butler
Congress
Genersh Grant
Salem
Richard H. Tiona
Chicago
Butler
United States
Edad
Republican Party
State of
Ohio
Sista Securities
Speech by Gen Frank P Blatr on Reconstruction and loyalty in Ohio
A controversial Cleveland Cincinnati speech attacks Reconstruction as unconstitutional and despotic. Blatr argues the people must govern, denounces black suffrage as dangerous, and praises Democratic loyalty while criticizing Radical Republicans and military rule.
Snake in a Watermelon: Boy Bit by Venomous Intruder
A Nashville boy named Cofter bought a watermelon for ten cents and while sharing a feast a yellow snake nine inches long was found inside one hollow half. The snake struck his forefinger, a doctor amputated a finger joint, and the animal was kept in a fruit jar by Whitesides. The odd discovery baffled locals and was reported as a remarkable freak of nature.
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Cofter
Desderick Street
Market Howse
Young Corter
Cherry
Cedar
Whitesides
Germantown
Cotter
Nashville Times
Tunnel fire blocks Marietta and Cincinnati line at Athens
A tunnel known as Pilchers above Athens Ohio on the Marietta and Cincinnati Railroad burned for weeks. Wood and a large cordwood cavity fed the flames, trains diverted over the hill. A collapse filled the tunnel with deadly gas killing two workers. Two men identified as Skidmore and Geo died.
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Marietta and Cincinnati
Athens
Ohio
Pilchér’s
Auth
Skidmore
Geo
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