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Newspaper
Wooster Republican
Location
Wooster, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1865
Page
2
A skeletal account notes a Republican office showing a six column print and a morning copy laid before readers at 6 o clock. It highlights a noble document praising patriotism and a Pot Master bill passed by a yeas 123 vote to extend commissions to Congress.
The speaker urges restoration after the Civil War, asserts that slavery is ended, and calls for states to decide on African American suffrage locally. He warns against federal overreach, favors gradual enfranchisement, and emphasizes protection of freedmen while promoting free labor and economic reform across the South and border states.
The address argues government derives power from the people and must resist monopolies while preserving equal laws. It urges free interstate commerce, outlines Homestead Act success, pension needs, post and naval reforms, military downsizing, and a prudent revenue plan for peace and national survival.
The speaker urges rapid monetary reform to end the inequities of the wartime currency and to fund national debt. Emphasis is placed on frugality, strict enforcement of law, gradual reduction of paper money, and retiring debt within about thirty years. Domestic policy prioritizes taxation on luxury goods and equal burden sharing.
President argues against using municipal law as neutral measure and urges international law principles to preserve peace. He rejects European interference while stressing mutual justice and noninterference, citing Washington and Madison and detailing America’s rise, unity, and republican vitality.
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