Unity Party resolves pledge Grant Wade for president and support reconstruction
The Union Party of Ohio in convention endorses Ulysses S. Grant for President and Benjamin P. Wade for Vice President. It condemns Andrew Johnson, backs impeachment, and calls for rapid reconstruction, economy, tax reform, debt payment in currency, and protection for naturalized citizens and veterans. The resolution honors Edwin M. Stanton and supports his continued tenure as Secretary of War.
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National Republican Union Party
United States
Congress
Ulysses St. Grant
Benjamin P. Wade
Andrew Johnson
Democratic Party
House of Representatives
Senate
Court of Justice
Ohio
Republican Party
Uder
The
Republic
Edwin M. Stanton
War Department
Yankee Doodle’s Homecoming in War Tones
A rousing period verse recounts Yankee Doodle returning from battle as Civil War hostilities wind down. It mocks Southern forces Beaurgard and Lee, celebrates Union triumph, and hints at renewed action in November led by Grant and Seymour, ending with triumphal Union shouts.
Campaign fervor mixes Republicans and Democrats in 1860 style discourse
The piece notes heated campaign activity with Republican and Democratic meetings, projections of a Southern battle over slavery issues, and speeches by Wade Hampton and Montgomery Blair. It recalls the Old Jackson era, recounts Judge Moore defending Confederate actions, and cites Blair praising the reunion of old Jackson Democrats.
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North
Seymour
Blair
South
Wade Hampton
Jackson
Washington
Judge Moore
Virginia
Congress
Robert E. Lee
Montgomery Blair
Blairs
Blair's
Alexandria
Union
Conversion of Elder Pennybacker Vision Delights Kentucky Democrats
From the Toledo Blade NASBY a long satirical tale of Elder Pennybacker converting to the Democratic fold after a Vision in which Seymore Blaze and Wade Hampton symbolize party instruments. The elder speaks of Lost South victory, reconstruction rollbacks, and rejoicing over Bourbon rule with distillery imagery and political satire.
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Kentucky
New York
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Seymore
Standwich
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Hampton
Boregard
Blaze
Fedral
Miles O'Reilly
Sed
Fedral Soljers
Pollock
Joe Bigler
Tennessee
Normel Speer
Forrest
Brownlow
Bascom
Bishop Poke
Perroterm V. Nassy, P. M
Wich
Political tensions rise in the North and South
The Chicago Advance notes growing divisions as Vallandigham seeks Ohio Congress, Forrest stirs West Tennessee unrest with Ku Klux influence, and Confederate ostracism spreads from Alabama to Republicans. The piece warns of escalating factionalism and potential one sided canvassing.
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John Neiwarner
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