Declaration of Principles of the National Republicans in Chicago 1868
The National Republican Party assembled in Chicago on May 21 1868 declares Reconstruction policy a success and calls for sustaining civil rights in former rebel states. It denounces repudiation supports equal suffrage in loyal states and condemns Andrew Johnson, urging radical reform and cautious debt reduction, while praising Lincoln and honoring soldiers.
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National Republican Party of the
United States
Chicago
Congress
Andrew Johnson
Abraham Lincoln
Great Britain
Schurz
A Bondholder's Doctrine in 1868 Speech
Seymour's New York address on June 25 1868 denounced paper money as a government falsehood that overstated value and defrauded laborers, pensioners, mechanics and farmers, a reproach linked to the Pendleton political fall.
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Seymour
New York
George H. Pendleton
Frauds Warn Voters Of Spurious Tickets In York Township
A loud warning to Union men to beware frauds on the eve of an election. The Democracy allegedly prepared counterfeit tickets and deceptive circulars, with about twenty spurious tickets cast in York township before detection. Citizens urged to stay vigilant and expose schemes.
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York Township
Grant
Vicksburg
Cairo
Ohio Democrats Tax Bonds Promise Fails After Victory
A Delaware Gazette critique claims Ohio Democrats, after taking full legislative power, did not tax the bonds as promised. Instead they taxed workers and disabled soldiers while awarding themselves high per diem for a long, unproductive session. The piece ties anti bond-tax rhetoric to office seeking and cites General Dix’s harsh Civil War-era stance on flag desecration.
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Ohio
Delaware Gazette
Soldier relief fund defended against copperhead charges
The Van Wert Times defends the Soldier's Relief Fund against copperhead claims of plunder. It explains the $800,000 fund remained unproductive and was liquidated to reduce state debt saving taxpayers $48,000 annually, with provisions to reimburse the fund for its legitimate use. It cites a 1867 county audit endorsing honesty.
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Court of Common Pleas
van Wert Zimes
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Nancy E. Hammell
Court of Common Pleas of
van Vs. Wert County
Ohio
William Hammell
California
van Wert County
van Wert
Clark & Carvett
Gold for the Bondholders and the Democratic Record
The piece accuses Democrats of supporting gold payment on five twenty bonds, citing Edward McPherson’s published House vote and noting that GEO. H. Pendleton and C. L. Vallandigham backed gold for bondholders. It blasts demagogues for denouncing the outcome they aided.
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Edward McPherson
House of Representatives
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Senate
Stevens
Baily
Pennsylvania
Noell
Missouri
Geo. H. Pendleton
C. L. Vallandigham
Slander Refuted Over Schuyler Colfax Know Nothing Charge
A Boston Pilot correspondent reports Thomas McGrath dismissing the 1854 Know Nothing accusation against Schuyler Colfax as untrue. The excerpt includes Colfax’s July 30 1868 speech asserting his lifelong allegiance to policy over birth or creed and denouncing forgery and calumny.
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Boston Pilot
New England
South Bend
Ind
Thomas McGrath
Schuyler Colfax
Horatio Seymour Veto on Soldiers Voting Rights
Governor Horatio Seymour vetoed a bill granting in field soldiers the right to vote. The reason given mirrors Democratic belief that soldiers would back the government they fought for, with their loyalty to the country and the Union.
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Horatio Seymour
New York
The Bondholder's Platform
A political platform statement from Horatio Seymour arguing that democracy in power would preserve currency credibility and end bond payments in paper. The quote emphasizes defending financial stability and condemns speculative practices.
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Horatio Seymour
Ohio Soldiers Lose Vote Rights in 1867 Law Repeal
The Ohio General Assembly enacted in 1867 that disabled veterans housed at the National Asylum for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers could vote in their local township and county. A later Democratic Legislature repealed the provision, disenfranchising over 400 crippled veterans to aid a candidate in Dayton.
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State of
Ohio
United States
Ep. A. Parrott
House of Representatives
Andrew G. McBurney
Senate
Supposed Tanners Certify National Democratic Hides
A Confederate era broadside parodies Union figures claiming the Democratic party’s hides were tanned by U.S. Grant & Co. It lists Jeff Davis and many Southern leaders, with supplementary certificates from Horatio Seymour and others, challenging Grant’s firm and recalling Vallandigham.
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U.S. Grant & Co
Editor flaunts Maine vote gain with round numbers
Bridgeport Connecticut Standard editor claims Republicans increased Maine majority by 54 341 over 1844 and rounds to 35 000 for this year, contrasting with Polk era figures. He counters Dems by citing an embalmed Tribune Almanac and a large post election gain.
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Connecticut
Maine
Tribune Almanac
Polk
Stanton Urges War Debt Must Not Be Repudiated
Ex Secretary Stanton warns voters in Steubenville that repudiation of war debt would betray the soldier, praising Union achievements and detailing Paymaster, Quartermaster, and Navy costs. He argues for Grant’s administration and cites naval victories and battlefield campaigns to energize support for Grant, Colfax, and a Republican Congress.
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State Fair at Toledo Draws Record Attendance
The State Fair at Toledo last week was a decided success with a large crowd at exhibitions and praise for Toledo’s efforts. Attendance peaked Wednesday and Thursday, while rain on Tuesday and Friday reduced turnout those days.
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Democratic Platform Demands Equal Taxation on All Property
The article argues the 19th article calls for equal taxation of all property including bonds, urging direct taxes on real estate. It notes Horatio Seymour’s support and questions farmers and landowners’ tolerance, warning such taxation would be the most unequal and risky path to repudiation.
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