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Newspaper
Wilmington Post
Location
Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1878
Page
2
A Wilmington editorial urges the National Republican Committee address and argues for immigration and land incentives to boost Southern population and industry. It calls for end to provincial thinking, adoption of outside models, and welcoming settlers to foster manufacturing and prosperity.
The passage argues northern migrants faced hostility and obstacles in the postwar South. It claims monetary value from the North entered the region, but southerners restricted business and social integration for Republicans. It notes land is held privately, making colony-scale settlement difficult, with few emigration aids in most of the South.
General Grant replies from Minan Italy that distance and his European tour prevent attending the Licking County veterans reunion in Newark set for July 22. He expresses pleasure in meeting fellow soldiers but notes the Atlantic will separate him from Ohio and says this trip may be his last.
E W Robertson of Louisiana urges Congress to pass liberal appropriations for the south including the Texas Pacific Railroad bill and a steamship line to Brazil. He says he accepted amnesty after the war and will work to preserve the new federal government and prevent ongoing agitation over war terms.
The piece discusses growing Republican openness on war issues as the nation honors Judge Chisolm and family murdered in Kemper County Mississippi. It quotes Bishop Gilbert Stavens urging national protection of citizens and liberty, then critiques southern press reactions and a political letter campaign labeled C as part of Democratic strategy.
Mrs Hayes and a daughter visit Vice-President Wheeler in Malone New York and plan Adirondacks trip. Miss Bennett, sister of James G Bennett, engaged to an Irish peer described as an Orangeman and a Chibalin. New Orleans Times says Democrats face tough fate if clinging to past policies as Congress fights over River and Harbor and other major appropriation bills.
The piece discusses alleged forged letters and conspiracies linked to Judge Fowle and a governor candidacy in 1880. It accuses unnamed figures of hiding behind pseudonyms and attacking rivals, calling the exposure of these plots an imperative necessity.
The Stanton Valley Virginian rails at the Republicans and Democrats over national political strife, lampoons Hayes and Tilden, and hints at reform. It also reports Ohio fodder corn experiments promising cattle feed, a burglar’s taunt, and a Glasgow clergyman’s snuff ritual alongside a tale of Maximilian’s diamond scarf-pin traded in Mexico.
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