New Southern Light In Senate Discusses Hopes For Fair Elections
A 1879 Wilmington Post note covers national politics with focus on Senatorial races in the South. It highlights Mr. Houk of Tennessee urging free, equal ballots and federal supervision of elections, alongside warnings of Southern Democratic tactics and the broader dispute over Reconstruction era safeguards. It also notes Kentucky Republican convention moves and Governor candidates.
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New Hampshire
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Senistor Carpenter
Houk
Tennessee
South
Associated Press
Teers
Congress
Abraham Lincoln
House
United States
N. Y. Imes
Mississippi
the Times
Negro Exodus Plans Move at Boston Meeting
A Boston meeting of representative colored men discussed advancing the exodus of African Americans from the South. A committee was formed to call a mass gathering at Faneuil Hall and to raise funds to transport as many as wish to resettle in the West. The Chicago Inter Ocean tally contrasts loyal and disloyal states and soldiers. The Kansas City Journal notes House debate stoking loyal sentiment against national destruction.
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Our New Minister to Berlin and other notes
A biographical sketch from Harper's Weekly profiles Andrew D. White as President Hayes names him United States Minister to Germany, detailing his Syracuse birth, Yale and Hamilton roots, Cornell leadership, European study, and long service to education. The piece also recounts a Massachusetts Supreme Court tale about a hotel clerk, his disdain for casual address, and a lawsuit over unapproved nicknames.
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Germany
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Harper’s Weekly
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Hamilton College
Yale
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Ann Arbor
State Senate
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Senator White
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France
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Onondaga County
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Supreme Court of Massachusetts
Fashionable Hotel
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Robert C. Winthrop
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Wendell Phillips
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Old Cock
Southern Pyrotechnics and political zeal in old debate
The article catalogs a Southern stance opposing Lincolnism, praising Jefferson Davis doctrine, and condemning Federal forces. It weaves in a London firm Lewis & Lewis tale, highlighting secessionist passion, treason charges against coercive policy, and calls for steadfast democracy amid wartime rhetoric.
Patriotism and Capital in modern political finance
The piece argues that strong capital support for government bonds stems from fear of Democratic revolutionary policies. It cites continued loyalty of Northern and Western capitalists, questions Democratic leaders’ motives, and contrasts treason debates with Virginia and John Brown. It also notes African village lions and a Texas underground creek anecdote as cultural interludes.
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