Platform of Union party on slavery and reconstruction policy
The Union party outlined its platform for state offices, endorsing slavery as not conflicting with freedom and pledging loyalty to postwar reconstruction. It opposes outside issue interrogations like the Oberlin Committee questions to Gen Cox, arguing such matters cannot be settled by state action or by the nominees. The group favors focusing on state polity and expects Congress to address major postwar questions.
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Rebecca
Pete
Barney
Nester
Animal Kingdom
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Romeo
Kate Rico
Sears
Bor den
Rich
Caparisanca Horacs
J. E. Warner
Kentucky Senate Holds Steady as Union Aims for Majority
The Kentucky Senate stands 21 Conservative and 17 Union with eastern gains in the Lower House likely securing a Union majority if the south performs as expected. The Democratic State Treasurer candidate is dead and the Union candidate is seriously ill. Union contenders for the Second and Third Districts were each delayed by about 1,000 votes.
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Kentucky Senate
PKS
Congress
Suffrage and loyalty in the American republic
The article argues suffrage is a law created right not natural and criticizes broad foreign voting and party manipulation. It cites Illinois foreign voting history, warns against wealth and rebel influence, and endorses intelligent universal suffrage under constitutional amendment with loyalty to the nation as the guiding principle.
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Camp i Constant
Illinois
Venice
Rome
Athens
Holland
England
U.S
Congress
Pittsburg
United States
Postwar Southern Liberty Tensions and Black Codes Critique
Widespread postwar hardship and new restrictive laws oppress African Americans. The piece condemns local ordinances that bar black residents from housing, movement, worship, or firearms, with enforcement via flogging and imprisonment and risks of re enslavement through dubious contracts. It condemns Southern officials and military officers who enable these abuses while noting Missouri’s flawed constitutional pledge.
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South
Rebels in Canada and escape of Thorpson with $150000
The Rev Matthew Hale Smith reports rebel agents in Canada and Tucker’s claim that Thorpson fled to Europe after the assassination with $150,000 in gold. Tucker condemns Jeff Davis as cowardly and asserts Booth-like defiance, while denying knowledge of the plot. The group pleads for cash as they face poverty and Canadian snubs.
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Matthew Hale Smith
Canada
Sanders
Tucker
Thorpson
Europe
Jeff. Davis
Booth
Vermont
United States
Benjamin
Collision of Pewabic and Meteor Sinks Pewabic in Thunder Bay
In a Wednesday evening wreck on Thunder Bay Lake Huron the propellers Pewabic and Meteor collided at speed. Pewabic sank in minutes at fifty fathoms with 75 to 100 lives lost. Survivors were taken to Detroit by Mohawk. Meteor waited at the scene before continuing to Lake Superior. Names of the dead unavailable. Both boats belonged to J. T. Whiting & Co of Detroit.
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Thunder Bay
Lake Huron
Detroit
Lake Superior
J. T. Whiting, & Co
Dernoit
St. Mary’s Ship Canal Basin
8. T. Whiting & Co
Reconstruction Policy and Rebel Press Tone
The piece argues for provisional government over rebel states until they accept constitutional amendments abolishing slavery and ban its reintroduction. It blames the rebel press for treasonous rhetoric and warns that continued hostility risks renewed conflict.
Shocking Bedford Murder In Ohio Case Of J W Hughs
A man in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, J W Hughs, seeking to force a clandestine marriage with 15 year old Tamsey Parsons, shot her twice at her Bedford home. The first ball wounded, the second killed her. Hughs tried to flee but was captured and later examined in Cleveland. He had previous bigamy conviction and resumed medical practice.
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J. W. Hughs
Bedford
Tamsey Parsons
Piburg
J. G. Brown
Cleveland
Tennessee Election Results and Rebel Sympathy Reflected
The Tennessee race for Congress shows Union three seats Democratic four seats Doubtful one seat. The Louisville Journal notes Kentucky elections reveal rebels and rebel sympathizers winning large majorities, challenging postwar attitudes.
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Congress
Tennessee
Union
Democratic
Leftwick
Louisville Journal
Kentucky
Ben Eason Under Fire as Old Soldier Attacks Canadian Rebel
In a pointed letter SHARPSTICKS rebukes Captain Benjamin Eason and Canadian supporters. The author demands details of Eason’s military record, battles fought, injuries, and his trip to Canada, plus questions about Vallandigham funds and alleged treasonous documents.
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Mrnda
Benjamin
Beall
Benjamin Eason
Vallandigham
Canada
Denial of Plagiarism Charge by J A Reed
J A Reed denies a plagiarism accusation and challenges the accusers. He claims the sermon cited is his own and demands details about S S Bonn, Bethel Chapel, the pamphlet dates, and the publishing office. Reed warns of further reply once specifics are provided.
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S. Bonn
Bethel Chapel
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Andersonville Prison Pen Described by Capt Moore in Letter
Private letter from Capt James M Moore AQM reports from Andersonville Ga describing the prison pen where 80 000 Union soldiers were held in brutal conditions under rebel authorities He urges the pen not to be destroyed so future generations may witness the inhuman cruelties.
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Wasasseton
Jas. M. Moore
J. E. Potts
Moore
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