Reconstruction policy and civil rights pledge of the 1868 National Convention
The 1868 National Republican Party Convention in Chicago declares support for Congress Reconstruction, equal civil and political rights in Southern states, and balanced funding and taxation. It condemns repudiation, urges debt repayment, economy, and reform under Johnson, honors Lincoln, opposes foreign claims on naturalized citizens, and backs immigrant liberty and universal rights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Republican Party of
United States
Chicago
Congress
Andrew Johnson
Abraham Lincoln
Democratic retrenchment in Ohio legislature critique
The Ohio State Journal attacks the Democratic Legislature noting a 134 day session at $5 per day the longest and costliest yet. It claims nearly $100000 excess salary spending and questions tax payer impact as adjournment is set for November with a possible six month session.
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Ohio
Republican Judicial Convention Selections in Delphos Ohio
The Republican Judicial Sub-Division comprising Putnam Allen Auglaize Van Wert and Mercer counties invites delegates to Delphos Ohio on September 10 1868 at 7 o clock PM to nominate a candidate for Judge of the Court of Common Pleas. Each county has one vote for every 100 votes cast for Gov Mayes in the last election and a vote for every fraction of 50 or more. By order of
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Putnam, Ailen, Auglaize, van Wert
Mercer
Delphos
Ohio
Court of Common Pleas
Assyasinee
Gov
Mayes
Mary Ann Artis
Indianapolis
Ind
LYE
Davis Johnson
van Wert County
van Wert
Judson Spicer
Clark’s Book Store
G. G. Rupert
Acent
Allen, Auglaize
Bondholders Doctrine Stirred Copperheads in 1868 Speech
Seymour’s New York speech on June 25 1868 denounced paper money as government falsehoods harming laborers and farmers. Pendleton’s political damage followed as Copperheads reacted. Vermont voters faced the same day’s disruption and unease.
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Seymour
New York
George H W. Pendleton
Legislature Nearly Unanimous Republican Gains Wave in Vermont
Vermont returns from yesterday show broad Republican gains across the state. Sixty six towns reported Republicans ahead by more than 3 000 votes and analysts expect the statewide margin to reach around 30 000, about 10 000 more than last year.
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Vermont
Wilmington Municipal Election Yields Republican Landslide
In Wilmington Delaware an election for municipal officers yesterday produced a complete Republican triumph with a gain of several hundred votes over last year’s tally.
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Wilmington
Delaware
Forrest predicts large Ku Klux strength and militia war threat
A Cincinnati Commercial report of an interview with General Forrest in Memphis states he described the Ku Klux as a reality with forty thousand in Tennessee and over half a million in the South, asserting militia call would mean a war and radicalists would be wiped out. He claimed capacity to raise forty thousand men in five days and hinted at taking the field if the nation is not governed to his liking. The paper promised full details next week.
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Great Britain
United States
Schurz
Cincinnati
General Forrest
Memphis
Tennessee
Forrest
Ku Klux Organization
South
Militia of
Lim
York
Dix
Seymour
Grant
Ohio
Chicago
Union
Jesse Grant
Vicksburg
Ulysses S. Grant
Ix Burer
American
Nebraska
Acre
Loomis
Ameri Bank
Sevses
California
Les Stewart
New York
National Capitol
Washington
Ana
Holland
England
Erie Canal
Boston Music Hall
Mlle. Nilsson
France
American Pacific Railroad
Rocky Mountains
Prussia
Glowing GOP Rallies Sweep Across States
The piece reports massive Republican meetings in Cincinnati Chicago and Indiana with thousands turning out for Grant. It notes strong GOP turnout in Iowa Pennsylvania and Berks County amid bond questions and Democratic struggles.
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Cincinnati
Chicago
West
Gen
Grant
Indiana
Acre
Iowa
Pennsylvania
Seymour
Berks County
U. S
Vote the unscratched Democratic ticket warns Celina Standard
The Celina Standard denounces the unscratched Democratic ticket as cowards who flee to Canada to avoid the draft. It accuses a district legislator who supported disfranchising crippled soldiers at Dayton asylum and praises Union Republicans as the genuine article, scarred by battles with Southern and Northern Democrats.
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Canada
Dayton
True Blue Union Republican
Copperhead correspondent in Indiana touts State Rights Democrat stance
A Cincinnati ultra Copperhead paper reports a Indiana correspondent declaring himself a State Rights Democrat who supports radical Jeffersonian democracy and repudiation of the national debt in spirit but backs the Pendleton plan in practice. He argues candid Copperheads could simplify political issues.
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Cincinnati
Indiana
Tucker
Quotations on Democracy and Currency Policy
A historical quote attributed to Horatio Seymour asserts that democracy in power would prevent discredit of currency and avoid paying bonds with paper money. The remark frames fiscal confidence and bond settlement debates in a proffinancial governance context.
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Horatio Seymour
Radical Mode of Collecting Taxes Showed as False
A Times critique labels Tucker’s figures on Van Wert County taxes and collection costs as false. It argues 44 percent of 700000 was misprinted as 2871 16 and 13 percent of 91928.18 misstated as 2200, urging readers to verify with pencils and slates and mockingly asks if Democrats pay him for such stupidity.
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Bucker
Times
van Wert
Tucker
Pap Tucker
Mr. Tucker
Desegregation Goads Georgia Democrats Welcome Black Voters
The Dayton Ledger reports large numbers of Black men in Georgia joining the Democratic process in Macon. It notes public repudiation of carpetbaggers and asserts a shift toward white Democratic control, with calls for alliances across race to restore spoils. The piece mocks previous racial rhetoric while predicting broader acceptance of African descent within the party.
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Dayton Ledger
Georgia
Macon
Joe Brown
Ledger
National Expenditures Reveal War Costs and Party Blame
The Buverr prints a government financial statement detailing the costs of the Slaveholders' Democratic Rebellion. It contrasts ordinary wartime spending with extraordinary costs attributed to Democratic treason, arguing expenses under Buchanan were higher and that Democratic exaggeration is none of the publication's concern.
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Buverr
Democratic Party
Buchanan
Constitution Chart for Ship of State War Cry
Callen's speech warns that electing Gen Grant through unconstitutional means will trigger a fierce conflict to defend rights. The Democracy rally cries and Blair Hampton Vance push for another fight to restore power. Canadians labeled as sneaks join the war cry as roosts become targets.
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Grant
Callen
Blair
Hampton & Vance
Canada
Tucker lashes Copperheads and mocks rebel sympathizers
The letter describes Ao Tucker as a ranting Union man who insulted Copperheads from DePuy to Montgomery and the Richies, now apologizing for Wade Hampton's rebels and claiming he was a lying thief during the war. The piece questions belief in such a charlatan and his accusations.
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Ao Tucker
Union
Copperheads
DePuy
Montgomery
Richies
Wade Hampton
A. C. Tucker
Grant Military Reverence and Draft Resistance Debate
The speech notes General Grant's revered record while discussing a legislator's attempt to strip crippled soldiers of their voting rights. Callen is described as safe in Canada after fleeing the draft. The piece probes voting rights and wartime policy in a legislative context.
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Grant
Callen
Times
Canada
Government Expenses and Civil War Fiscal Claims
The Times is accused of inflating wartime costs and debt figures. The piece cites government figures showing 1868 war department spending at 33 million and Freedmen's Bureau disbursements around 5.6 million, arguing taxes are lower now. It asserts debt and taxes are decreasing and questions copperhead rhetoric.
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Copperhead Papers
Copperhead Stampers
Democrats, rebels blamed in Vermont landslide and county rallies
The Van Wert Times cites a Vermont vote of 80 000 against a political group and denounces Seymour and Blair backers. It accuses Semmes Toombs and Wade Hampton of waging taxation and war, urging defeat of the radical party. County Republican meetings report strong turnout and optimism for victory.
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Callen
Radical Party
Seymour
Blair
Semmes
Toombs
Wade Hampton & Co
Vermont
Carpet baggers and postwar hotel notes in Cincinnati
The piece labels draft dodgers returning from Canada as carpet baggers with a shame-faced look. It notes the Merchant's Hotel in Cincinnati as a Southern favorite, and last Wednesday's register lists R. H. Groomes and K. K. Klan.
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Canada
Merchant's Hotel
Cincinnati
R.h.groomes
K. K. Klan
Ex Governor Tod Delivers at Orwell Meeting
Ten thousand attendees at Orwell in Ashtabula county hear Gen. J. A. Garfield and ex governor Tod. Tod speaks in his easy style recounting Civil War volunteer actions and contrasting Lincoln and Seymour with Morton. He notes he sent thirty thousand volunteers while Seymour sent fifteen thousand.
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Tod
Orwell
Ashtabula County
J. A. Garfield
Garfield
Seymour
Lincoln
Mr. Lincoln
Morton
Ted
Grant praise and political endorsements in wartime speech
A speech recounts General Grant's achievements at Vicksburg and praises him above all others, with remarks from Governor Seymour and others about loyalty to the Union. The long column also tosses through era notes on industry, science, and technology, from coal and iron to railroads and the Erie Canal.
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Official Paper
the County
Poster
Union Ticket
Ulysses 8. Grant
Schuyler Colfax
Ohio State
Isaac R. Sherwood
William White
Board of Public Works
James Moore
John A. Norris
Supreme Court
2Rodney Foos
David Tod
Samuel Galloway
James E. Morrison
James L. Price
Stephen Capper
Thomas A. Alban
The
Ohio State Journal
Republican Judicial Convention
Wilmington, Delaware
War Department
the Times
Treasury
Freedmen’s Bureau
Saas Jane
Bureau
Fiddler Mungen
Wapakonata
Copperhead
Seymour & Blaknes
McCoy
Ridge Township
Jeff Davis
Jeff
Mungen and Steel
Cowan & Epson
Att’vs
Soeamaihy
Souser
Rey Tei Soeesie
A. P. McConahay
McConahay’s
C. A. P. McConahay
TEA & Coffee CO
Swineford
Oolung
Young Hyson
Hyson
Japan
Imperial
the Empire Tea CO
Ehe Empire Tea Company
ATL
Longsworth & Krant
Dr. Krout
Swineford’s
Longsworth & Krout
J. Alonzo Gleason
Andrew J. Gleason
J. A. Cleason & Bro
Steicnh
Pion
Ax, Pick
HarcHer Axp
Hammer Hanowes, &c
White Lead Works
B.A. Fahnestock & CO
RSLE
Pittsburgh
John Haslett, Jr
Fahnestock, Hasletyt & Schwartz
C. A. Melsheimer
Mahin
Dr. Roback
W.A. Clark
Crank & Purmort
Ookfseller
Singer’s
W. A. Clark, Aaenr
Arcave Buccn
Van
Thos. J. Eisner
Wheeling
Wet Virginia
Pennsylvania Medical University
Philadelphia
Eclectic Medical Society of
West Va
Fort Wayne
DR. Melsheimer
Spencer
Bennett
Liverpool
FOX & Slade
FOX & Blade
G. G
Rupert
Wheeler & Wilson’s
London
Paris
London Times
Wheeler & Winton
American Institute
N. Y
Ant
Repo
Europe
British America
West Indies
Central and South America
Turkey
India
China
Bishop Clark
3 J Lowe
Howe
van Wert Counties
Arcade Block
Pete
Panet
Gilliland & Meredith
Nia
Ake
Agency
van Wert, van Wert County
Union Township
Cpa
Oaglin Township
van Wert and
Paulding
Tasnedee
Liberty_ township
York Township
Jennings Township
Market
Township Line Road
Tully Township
Dixon
Vine and
Water Streets
East Addition
West Addition
M. H. Tuttle
Pleasant Township
South Range
Washington Township
Ces. Strother
Clark & Son
Hollinger House
Main Street
van Wert, C
E. Harris
Gen. A. Jacobs
Bonewitz & Johns
Kat
A. Jacobs
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