Lincoln's Union Preservation Message to Congress 1861
President Lincoln urges loyalty over disunion, urges defences and rail links, notes Treasury finances, calls for war measures, prison reform, and colonization plans while stressing labor capital principles and national unity. He commends support from Maryland Kentucky Missouri and Western Virginia and appoints McClellan as General.
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Colorado
United States
Congress
District of Columbia
London
Jefferson
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Union
Fort Sumter
Mason and Dixons Line
Friends of the Union
Noble
Maryland
Kentucky
Missouri
Virginia
Accomac
Northampton
Potomac
Chesapeake
Hatteras
Port Royal
Tybee Island
North Carolina
Tennessee
Scott
Gov. Chase Speaks on War During New York Visit
Secretary Chase addressed capitalists at the American Exchange Bank and pledged government resolve to quell the rebellion. He claimed new information supports imminent good news stronger than Port Royal and the West and said winter quarters are not planned for the army. He cited ample funds through February and improving departmental efficiency amid steady costs.
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Congress
Secretary of the Navy
Supreme Court
Supreme Bench
Gov. Chase
New York
Chase
American Exchange Bank
Port Royal
Cleveland Herald
President's Message appears with telegraph blunders
The Warren Mail presents the President's Message with telegraphic blunders included. The Erie Gazette interference delayed delivery and prevented timely reporting. No room or time for comments, with several articles deferred to next week.
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Erie Gazette
Daily Dispatch
New Associate Judges Take Seats for Five Year Term
The article notes new associate judges G V N Yates and Lewis Arnett taking seats for a five year term. Retiring judges are praised for faithful service and the temperance stance reflected in the licensing record, with no licensed grog shops in the county. Court sessions run through the week with Judge Derickson, Lott, Brown, Yates, and Arnett handling cases and stressing enforcement of liquor license laws.
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Covurt
Derickson
Lott and Brown
Yates
Arnett
Grand Jury
Johnson
Willoughby to Start Weekly Baptist Services at 2 PM
Rev B C Willoughby will begin regular weekly services at the Baptist Church this Sunday at 2 PM preaching afternoons only. The note urges citizens to support his labors as the church is small and underpaid. Warren December 8 1861.
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B. C. Willoughby
Baptist Church
Willoughby
Power Press brings modern printing to local paper age
The Cattaraugus Freeman reports a new Power Press from A. Campbell of New York, praised for its neat print quality and hoped to be adopted by the Mail. Judge Derickson prosecutes a broad criminal case, sending six suspects to Allegheny City, including the Howard girls and others. Union School term ends next week with public exercises. Erie volunteers thank Warren ladies for towels and comforts. Soldiers Aid Society hosts a profitable supper, raising about $60. Thanksgiving Eve theater takings total $11,936.92 amid improving conditions. New York politics show Opdyke leading with 25,259 votes, Gunther 54,588, Wood 24,085. Mite Society meets at Mr. Kingsbury's Tuesday.
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Congress
Iask
Treasury
Patent and General Land Office
Northwest
Potomac River
Virginia
Secretary of the Interior
Patent Office
Pension Office
New Mexico
Kansas
Texas
Arkansas
U.S
Commissioner of Indian Affairs
United States
Agricultural and Statistical Bureau
Department of the Interior
Colorado
Dacotah
Nevada
A. Campbell
New York
Lott Admitted to Bar of the County
Hon James L Lott former Associate Judge was admitted to the county bar Wednesday last Hazeltine Co reports Iowa sorghum a maple molasses substitute Sociable meets Friday evening at W D Browns
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Bexon
James L. Lott
SF Hazeltine & Co
Iowa
Sociable
W. D. Brown
War-time measures in Congress and emancipation debate
The Thirty-Eighth Congress records Senate and House actions on loyalty, expulsion, and wartime policy. Delegates sworn in, seating refusals, and a resolution thanking Capt. Wilkes for arresting Mason and Slidell are noted alongside calls to empower emancipation and confiscate rebel property to aid the Union. The president's message was to be delivered tomorrow.
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Sexatt
Congress
Bibble
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Burnham
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Bennett
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Wallace
Calvert
Beach
Virginia
Lowe
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Lovejoy
Capt
Wilkes
Mason
Slidell
Edgerton
Capt. Wilkes
Mason and Slidell
Blair
John K. Read
Fifth Congressional District
United States
Colfax
Michael Corcoran
Mavassas
Thas
House of Representatives
Duon
Elliotte
Roscoe Conklin
Eliott
Stevens
Norrow
Campbell
Senate
Union
Fenton
Joint Committee
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McClellan
Abraham Lincoln
Dec
Punch
THE
Warren Mail
M. C. Park
Warren
Allegheny City
Howard
Robert Thompson
Aston Schoon
Erie
Cobham
Opdyke
Gunther
Wood
LB the
Mite Society
Mr. Kingsbury’s
Neat
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