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Newspaper
Van Wert Weekly Bulletin
Location
Van Wert, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1880
Page
4
James A. Garfield offers a comprehensive summary of Republican gains since the war. He highlights victory over rebellion, emancipation, restored Union, improved currency, debt repayment, rail and trade growth, and pension funding while urging continued confidence and outlining party principles for governance and civil service reform.
July 10 1880 Mentor Ohio letter from a nominee praising the Chicago convention. It urges national sovereignty equal rights for all citizens and the end of state supremacy while stressing free elections, equal civil rights, and education. warns against war memories and calls for federal support to bolster common schools.
The Richmond Dispatch notes that Lee and Stonewall Jackson embodied in the late war the same cause upheld by Washington and Hamilton in the Revolution.
The Meridian Mississippi Mercury quotes a prophecy claiming the fate of Black people in the states will be slavery again or disappearance. It asserts that only perpetual bondage to whites can preserve them.
A June 27 1879 speech by General Garfield is quoted praising the Union as right and condemning the war against the Union as wrong. The remark reflects postwar political sentiment affirming federal unity and legitimacy of the Civil War in Congress.
Wade Hampton's Staunton speech urges voters to honor Lee and Jackson by supporting the Democratic ticket. He recalls Virginia battle sacrifices and ties current election success to those principles.
The Memphis Avalanche urges that only Democrats be trusted in Southern politics. It brands Northern men who support Republicans as enemies and calls for them to be kept off and out of office, insisting they must take back seats or leave.
The speaker condemns Longstreet for persisting in his course and veering toward the Republican side. He claims Longstreet earned scorn ostracism and ill will, losing the trust of allies who faced death and destruction together. The oration says Longstreet sacrificed honest opinion for a political office, ending as an Independent.
A Democratic orator declares the Confederacy remains and Jeff Davis remains president advocating for Hancock’s election. He promises to reimburse property losses under Radical rule and urges support for a Solid South to control the General Government and redress wrongs.
A Bar Harbor boy called out in a barber shop saying a man had asked to shave him, prompting curiosity about the referenced gentleman and the incident described in the morning.
The speaker urges forming a historical society to publish contributions that illuminate truth and preserve wartime glory. He calls veterans and families to enroll, teach children that fathers were not rebels, and emphasize liberty as a birthright. He contrasts Prussia France and Hungary to justify patriotic aims.
An old advertisement touts Climax! Climax! Page Climax Salve as a family blessing priced at 25 cents. It claims to heal many skin and bodily sores without scarring, warrants effectiveness for twenty five years with no failures, and promotes its Arnica-based compound as superior to other ointments. Sold by Druggists nationwide.
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