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Newspaper
Van Wert Weekly Bulletin
Location
Van Wert, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1868
Page
1
A compilation of editorials and slogans from the era cites Democratic divisions over Seymour and Blair, with attacks on Lincoln era allies, warnings of Copperheads, and reports of stumping in Indiana and Kansas. References to Gen. Grant, Colfax, and local papers illustrate partisan rancor and political rhetoric of the period.
The writing argues for Ulysses S. Grant as the single right leader for crisis times and the presidency. It contrasts Grant with other generals, lauding American unity and criticizing Democratic opponents and Southern secessionists, urging northern voters to support Grant and Blair while warning against rebel influence.
A political analysis contrasts the 1864 Democratic platform declaring the war a failure with the 1868 platform calling for repudiation of the debt. It argues the 1868 Democrats would dismantle Reconstruction gains, while praising Republicans for enforcing emancipation and restoring the Union. The piece asserts public support for the 1868 reconstruction effort and rebuts Democratic claims of usurpation.
A Democratic platform process produced a split after a sub committee report was replaced by multiple resolutions. The full committee met through the night, adopting varied proposals including Pendletonian currency views. The reconstruction issue was labeled unconstitutional, null and void, with the remedy left to the Executive. Southern delegates approved the stance.
The excerpt recounts disputes at Graf ton West Virginia where George H. Pendleton praised by a one armed veteran. It notes Southern delegates at the Democratic National Convention as secessionists and cites Toombs and Jackson figures praising Seymour Blair amid 1860s war loyalties.
The act creating a new western Dakota territory named Wyoming is debated for its borrowed label and rough toponymy. Nearby notes recall local tales including a boy befriended by a rat at a Protestant orphan asylum and a 60 year old Harrison township man famed for strict piety and unusual fasting.
In the debate over Vallandigham’s treason arrest Seymour argued that government approval would imply revolution and military despotism, threatening liberties and constitutional protections. Vallandigham later repaid Seymour by nominating him as the Democratic presidential candidate.
A young college man questions belief in the Bible, while a German named Schneider commits suicide in Cleveland by tying a rope to a door and hanging. The piece also notes Yankee importers smuggling lead from Spain disguised as relief works and jokes about statesmen’s heads avoiding duties, attributed to Punch.
A Scientific American correspondent suggests onions as a specific against epidemics, not as food but sliced and kept in a sick zoo to absorb air poisons. Replace with fresh onions hourly. In smallpox rooms onions blister and decompose quickly, yet they are claimed to prevent disease spread.
The note quotes a correspondent on education and a Negro in the Democratic Convention in New York. It mentions Blanche age two asking about the wolf in Little Red Riding Hood and quotes the Albany Argus calling for a return to old fashioned Democracy while Huron Cobb, Semmes, and other Rebels are named.
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