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Newspaper
Van Wert Weekly Bulletin
Location
Van Wert, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1868
Page
2
In convention the Union Party of Ohio endorses Ulysses S. Grant for President and Benjamin Wade for Vice President. The platform denounces Andrew Johnson, praises Congress impeachment, calls for strict economy, tax reform, and rapid reunion of the states under a loyal administration. It also honors Edwin M. Stanton and supports pensions for veterans.
A mass Union Republican convention will meet at the Van Wert County Courthouse on the first of July at 10 o clock to nominate candidates for Clerk of the Court Prosecuting Attorney Commissioner and Infirmary Director. Other business includes future nomination methods and related party matters. Organized by Union Rep Central Committee with J L Prior secretary and W W DePry chairman.
The Albany Journal urges Van Wert County Republicans to maintain effort after a optimistic Chicago Convention showing. It warns against complacency as Democrats mount a vigorous campaign, noting unexpected reverses and the need to conserve strength for the coming fight.
The author urges immediate organization of campaign clubs and aggressive outreach to rally voters. He denounces opponents as recreant leaders and South rebels, calls for speakers and newspapers to inform the public, and urges unity against the Democrats while ignoring nonessential controversies until the election.
The Cincinnati Gazette notes Indiana delegates back Pendleton in good faith if Ohio sticks with him while New York adds a Belmont delegate. Chase weak, Hendricks weaker. Vallandigham places Pendleton first, then Chase, with mixed support for adopting Republican principles to gain a nominee.
Breckinridge says he has no more interest in this country than a dressed-up mum my. The country reciprocates the senti Eminent Berlin physicians concur in the opinion that both Bismark and King William will die very soon and very suddenly. Rev. Adam Poe, D. D., who died in Cincinnati on the 26th inst., was agent in that city of the Methodist Book Concern for the past 15 years. The New York Nation says Butler is the smartest intrepid criminal lawyer. The Mississippi State Journal predicts trouble until rebels accept peace with the Union. A remarkable event in Western Kansas reports two aerolites near the Solomon River. The total confiscation proceeds from rebels under the 1862 act amount to 126,000, while captured and abandoned property brought 14,662,000, with 15,719,000 paid by Simeon Draper from cotton sales at Savannah. The telegraph notes ex-rebel Breckinridge arrived at Toronto. He left his oath to support the Constitution and joined the rebellion, and will return but not with an approving conscience.
A Robertson county farmer reports thousands of rabbits overrunning his plantation and moving southwest. He has killed hundreds with little effect. Governor Scott, in a message to the South Carolina legislature, urges laws encouraging immigration as a key safety and freedom measure amid regional lawlessness. The LaCrosse Democrat mocks Miles O Reilly in Chase discussions, while The London News defends Grant’s nomination as fit for a practical, national will oriented presidency.
The Chicago Tribune reports an open clash between Governor Seymour of New York and Pendleton over the greenback debt policy. Seymour denounces Pendleton while Pendleton supporters push his nomination, with Hendricks of Indiana floated as a rival in a two thirds fight.
The piece recalls a July Fourth gathering of soldiers and sailors at Cooper Institute to back the Democratic Convention at Tammany Hall. It links the 1861 dawn of Gettysburg era to today and warns readers to honor fallen comrades and resist calls to undermine the war’s outcomes.
Horatio Seymour in New York on Thursday night warned that unwise issue of greenbacks would debase currency, perplex business, and turn prices into gambling. He drew a parallel to the Confederacy and warned Pendleton supporters of disruption between Seymourites and Pendletonites amid Democratic criticism of Grant.
Mrs. Boyd Mercer of Mansfield received a bogus telegram from Sewickley claiming her brother was killed. She found her home robbed of 140 in specie 100 in greenbacks silk dresses and other items. Carrie Dean confessed aiding confederate Frank Gardner of Indianapolis in a planned murder and burglary, with 175 dollars hidden in the cellar.
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