15 Aug 1863
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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1863
Page
1
The passage blends a romantic verse about a maple shade scene with a political memorandum from 1863. It juxtaposes memory filled with a mother's joy and a cherub, then shifts to Field's Civil War Peace Conference report urging constitutional adherence and union restoration. The letter, dated New York April 17 1863, concludes with Field’s signature.
A Civil War era letter defends moderation in Congress. Delegates like Mr Field challenge charges of opposing conciliation and recount proposed constitutional amendments. The document notes votes by eight Yeas and thirteen Nays with border states largely opposing any federal interference with slavery.
A moral meditation contrasts honor with virtue as fickle versus constant divine approbation. It likens honor to a storm tossed concept built on changing opinion and anchors virtue to Heaven. The piece includes a rustic Indiana anecdote about a curious elderly woman and John Morgan.
Nashville Tenn June 26 1863 Alfred Hoss of East Tennessee writes that a Washington conspiracy aims to break up the United States by detaching western states and forming a slave confederacy. He cites Breckinridge supporters and names Yancey Buchanan and others as deeply implicated. He warns of secession and civil war as the outcome if plans succeed.
A compilation of Confederate press reactions celebrates riots in New York and riots’ supposed benefits for the South. The Richmond Dispatch and Richmond Enquirer hail the violence as fruitful, urging more destruction and predicting a revolutionary collapse of the North.
A collection of short maxims and light anecdotes on virtues and human folly. Wary counsel on pride charity and prudence mixes with jokes about news obligations and social manners. The tone imitates a period miscellany with quips about neighbors wives and fashion.
General Meade writes from Camp near Falmouth Va in April 1863 acknowledging a Loyal National League invitation to Union Square. He urges total war effort, unity and harmony, and unconditional loyalty to the U S Government while preserving national unity and territorial integrity. The letter supports the League as a means to rally citizens across parties for victory.
President Lincoln endorsed the widow of Colonel Malanchhton Smith for the Rockford Illinois postmastership after Smith fell at Vicksburg. He instructed the Postmaster General to favor widows of fallen soldiers, arguing they bear the main burden of saving the country and should be preferred when other qualifications are equal.
A reflective meditation compares a torn leaf blown to a distant desert to human life. Grief over a departed loved one is natural but fades as Time heals, and forgetfulness closes the grave’s echoes as sorrow lessens.
Mayor Opdyke of New York defends the ordinance to fund conscripts with three hundred dollars. He argues the Common Council had time since last March to fix draft inequalities but acted only when the ordinance passed, seeing it as appeasement of mob pressure.
A quotation notes that diseases draining blood or nerve power eventually affect sight hearing and memory, surprising believers who overlook the body mind link. It contrasts secular ruin with moral life, stating the sinner’s life loses roses while the good man retains them.
A western editor was recently shot in a street affray. The bullet struck a bundle of unpaid accounts in his pocket, and gunpowder failed to penetrate them, according to the report.
Rev E H Chapin has recovered health on the Isle of Wight and plans to return home next month. The Picayune notes soldiers do not win laurels by absence, praising timely service during the war. Stoneman remains in command of his corps while serving in advisory duty for the War Department.
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