Vermont election and national political notes
The piece surveys recent political events including a Republican Vermont result, Massachusetts Democrats nominating Charles Francis Adams for governor, and Tweed’s arrest aboard a Spanish ship. It cites congressional penalties for trademark counterfeiting, mentions Jesse Pomeroy’s changed sentence, and critiques Radical era treatment of African Americans along with a Rev. Dunjee and religious reform debates.
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Massachusetts
Charles Francis Adams
Confederate General and Southern Politics Grimly Recall
Gen Jeff Thompson once dubbed swamp foe dies at St Joseph Missouri. The piece notes his wartime alias, postwar loyalty shifts toward Radical Republicans, and a digressive panorama of 1870s politics, including Grant Hayes tensions, Negro club formation, and corruption allegations. It quotes a hostile reply from a Black Jack postmaster and references Arkansas, Indiana, and Kentucky political shifts with Kilpatrick and Kilpatrick funds.
At Enterprise Illinois a flag desecration by Hayes loyalists
Report from Enterprise Illinois details a nighttime attack by supporters of Hayes on a Democratic flag stall and a streamer bearing Tilden and Mendricks. The thieves blocked a store, seized the flag, tore it into strips, and scattered debris in the streets, provoking strong partisan rhetoric about loyalty and rebellion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Imnola
Enterprise
Lills
Hayes
Tilden and Mendricks
Political attacks on Tilden and Hayes era tax records
The piece denounces Republican campaign tactics in 1876, accusing leaders of slander against Democratic candidate Samuel J. Tilden and scrutinizing Gov. Rutherford B. Hayes's finances. It claims misuse of the Fifteenth Amendment enforcement and federal marshals to influence the upcoming election, arguing political abuse of power and a threatened suppression of voting rights in Southern states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hayes
Wall
Congress
Don
Cameron
Grant
Republican Party
Atty.Gon. Taft
United States
South Carolina
Louisiana
Mississippi
Wheeler
Intricate Texas Regiment in Indian Campaign History
The Eleventh United States Infantry, once based in Texas, was aligned with a Tilden regiment and tied to a feared diabolical plan hinted at by Con Cameron's order and Attorney General Taft's directives. The unit was dispatched last week to Pacotab to engage Native American forces.
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Eleventh
United States Infantry
Texas
Tilden
Con. Cameron
Taft
Marshale
Pacotab
Charleston riot in D C between rival groups escalates with fatalities
A night of violence in Charleston District of Columbia saw a gang calling themselves Republicans attack Black Democrats at a public meeting. Pistols fired on both sides as rioters looted stores and beat whites. One white man was killed and several citizens injured before lawmen dispersed the mob. The following night colored Democrats held a meeting under heavy armed white guard.
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South
Charleston
D. C
Colored voters faced intimidation claims in the South
Report notes Republicans allegedly intimidate colored voters while wartime mandates and Taft’s orders to marshals aimed at protection. A Navilleville meeting of colored men to organize a Democratic club required police protection to stop carpetbagger disruption.
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South
Secretary of War
Taft
United States
Nav Leville
Sth
Kilpatrick Letter Warns Indiana Election Stakes
Gen Kilpatrick reports in Grandlore Indiana that an Independent party has formed to challenge Gen Morrison in October. He urges a financial and anti Independent campaign, warning of defeat if money is not used to sway voters and to defeat the “bloody shirt” campaign against Indians. He signs Vietnam era? No, J Kilpatrick to I B Woyen.
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Kilpatrick
Rutherford B. Hinyes
Indiana
Grant
Hayes
Trayes
Cincinnati
Grantem
Gen
Filpatrick
Tilden
Hendricks
Blue Jeane
Nto
Lkven
Gov
Mayes
Slayes
Sardis Dirchard
Birchard
J. B. Slayes
Toledo Democrat
Gov. Hayes
Yarioua
Sandusky County
Ohio
Grandlore
Indianapolis
Learrison
Neely
National Committee
Lever
Wille
J. Kilpatrick
B. Woyen
Trovertior
The Supreme Judgeship Debate and Wagner’s Record
The Lexington Intelligencer argues over partisan bias in judgeship nominations. It cites Judge Wagner as a partisan figure and recalls the 1905 Cummings case, where a minister jailed for refusing an oath challenged by the state’s law. The piece notes the U S Supreme Court reversal and Wagner’s discredited ruling amid wartime prejudice.
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Supreme
Lexington Intelligencer
Jodge
John W. Kenry
Dodge Wagner
Hloury
Wagner
Hlenry
Asso
Stata Va
Cummings
D. A. Cummings
Supreme Court of the Atate
Miesourt
St. Louis
Whittlesey
Campbell
Supreme Court of
Stephens Renominated for Congress in Georgia
Mon Alexander N. Stephens has been renominated for congress in Georgia. The Republicans will make no nomination against him.
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Alexander N. Stephens
Congress
Georgia
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Troy Herald
Samuel J. Tilden
Thomas A. Hen““Ons
Roverue
Phelps
C. Hrockmeyer
Kcretary
McGrath
Lreasurer
Elijai Gates
Atditor
Thos, Holaday
Smita Vegteter
Land
KE. McHenry
Supreme Court
John W. Henry
Mammaduke
Cunnilsstonen Jonn Walker
James Handing
Dist
A. H. Buckner
E. C. Murray
Democratic
W. BK
BROWN
Trescott
P. G
Silelton
T. Dunn
Kherid
BLM
John Wilson
Jc0en McDonald
Purdie
Jeptua Wells
Wilson
Vermont
T.T. Crittenden
Cockmll
Critteneen Waose
Win. M. Tweed
Tammany
Luta Jailora
Port Vigon
Secor
Jesse Pomeroy
Hans
J. W. Dunjee
Richmond
Jerald
New England Relige Joua Association
Radicallam
Jeff. Thompson
Rt. Joseph
Obie Engloeer
Nashville
Tennessee
Freedman’s Bank
National Republican Committee
Arkansas
Wmn. B. Miller
Chancery Court
Powell Clayton
Arkanaas
Zach Chandler
Clairmae
Black Jack
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