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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1864
Page
2
The ticket lists Abraham Lincoln of Illinois for president and Andrew Johnson of Tennessee for vice president as a likely Union party pairing for the forthcoming campaign.
Sheri ff and Isaac Ti along with Warren Hillier and William G. Garcelon of Spring Creek appear in Freehold county notices. Robert Allen and Hiller are listed among commissioners and notable residents in the fragmentary text.
The piece rails at the Democracy for claiming peace without dishonor, argues Lincoln’s war aims and McClellan’s platform threaten the Union, and urges readers to vote Lincoln Johnson for liberty and the Union. It cites the Richmond Enquirer on Confederate independence as the true path to peace, labeling armistice talks as delusion. A piano ad note follows.
The Warren Mail summarizes editorials attacking false pretences in politics and praising Union loyalty. It quotes Gen. Sherman’s North Alabama address on wartime rights and warns against Chicago platform peace terms. Vermont and Midwest election trends favor the Union, with Ohio Indiana Pennsylvania and Iowa voting October 11 previewing outcomes.
Messrs Valentine and Lowry have improved the grounds around their residences after purchasing the Mc Dowell house and lot. They removed the old house and divided the lot, adding grading and fencing to beautify the property. The Cleveland Herald notes the rapid approach of disaster for the Chicago Copperhead train and McClellan's caution about standing on the platform.
Mr. Boone Mead purchased the old Carver house on the corner near Dr Irvine and plans to build a fine dwelling. Hoag of Yankeebush provided a pleasant watermelon for the children last week.
The Lancaster Unionists renominated Old Thad Stevens and urged voters to elect McClellan or face a ruined republic. Chautauqua County Union Convention on the 16th nominated Amos Warren Charles Norton James Sheward Abram Dixon H G Mitchell and Wm A Mayburn for local posts. Fulton County Unionists placed James Pott Benjamin Lyon and Alex Mayne on the ticket. The legislative conference named Moses A Ross and D B Armstrong for Assembly.
The Hon. Louis W. Hall of Blair and Hon. Kirk Hains of Perry were nominated on the 9th for the Union slate as Senators representing the 21st district, comprising Perry, Juniata, Mifflin, Centre, Huntington and Blair counties.
A political exhortation urges citizens to have soldiers assessed and to participate to support Lincoln and Liberty, warning against losing a vote. The wording implies a wartime or campaign context urging readiness and civic engagement.
A proposed seven point Democratic creed seeks national patronage offices and defense of slavery to win southern aid. The plan aims to unite the party though it exposes the party’s divisions over war and peace strategies.
John B Brown offers a rapid sale of fall and winter goods at cost due to low buying. The note praises low prices and mentions singing Buy Low Baby Buntin while celebrating victories. Geo Bali advertises hats caps and ready made clothing with a promise of matching every customer and urges immediate visit for first choice.
On the first page the general bounty law for the state from the late legislature session is noted.
The speech by 42 Hon. John A. Peters in Portland Maine drew praise as he quipped that if McClellan could not take Richmond with Washington as base he would not take Washington with Richmond as base. A Mercer County Ohio Democrat speaker claimed his sole aim was advancing the Democratic party.
At the Union Conferees meeting in Ridgway Elk County on the 15th, I B Gara and Harrison Allen were named to report resolutions. The convention nominated Hon. G W Scofield by acclamation and authorized committees to inform him and publish the proceedings.
The Daily News argues McClellan should publicly back an immediate end to hostilities and a convention of all states. It claims his private support for the Chicago Platform contradicts his public repudiations, rendering his position a circulating curiosity in Democratic politics.
The excerpt cites Jeff Davis’s insistence on separation as a condition for peace, echoed by Gilmore and Jaques. Secretary Benjamin’s statement to Mason in Europe is quoted, noting Lincoln could not accept proposals from a foreign people and that domestic state issues fall under each state's sovereignty.
The quote attributes Senator Semmes of Louisiana claiming that hopes for an early peace depend on the Democratic party winning the approaching Presidential election in the North. He spoke to rebels at Jackson and stressed political outcomes as key to peace prospects.
A brief quotation style note asserts unity through accomplishment and warns that surrender leads to disunion, reflecting a thematic stance on collective strength and solidarity.
Washington reports Sheridan’s victory driving Early from Opequan to Winchester with 2,500 to 3,000 prisoners, five artillery pieces and captured flags. General Russell killed, McIntosh and Upton wounded. Rebels loss listed with Rhodes, Ramseur, Gordon among killed. Army praised, 100 gun salute ordered.
Before the rebellion, Senator Douglas warned that while remaining in the Union would allow securing rights, he favored giving the Southern states as many slaves and as much slave territory as possible if they chose to secede, even at force. The remark frames a harsh stance on Union collapse and expansion of slavery.
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