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Newspaper
Wooster Republican
Location
Wooster, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1866
Page
2
Fragmentary OCR text mentions Raul and Lennie with unclear context and scattered phrases. No clear events, dates, or identifiable organizations are readable to summarize a coherent news item.
Southern reports suggest a hopeful shift as planters seek freedmen for labor and land gifts slip with Christmas. Whites are urged to ally with Blacks, offering wages, while fear of hate versus gain looms. The piece questions which impulse will prevail.
James M. Ashley has submitted a House proposition to amend the Constitution allowing voters in the state to cast direct ballots for President and Vice President instead of electors. The measure is seen as a step toward a more democratic republican government and speedier congressional adoption is hoped for.
The Secretary of the Treasury reports total public debt on February 1 1866 at 1 167 149 741 80 bearing coin interest and 1 197 295 881 06 bearing currency interest plus 1 999 880 82 matched debt and 458 846 647 62 noninterest debt. Cash in the treasury amounts to 107 493 848 07 with 51 448 161 84 in coin. The debt exceeds cash by 2 716 898 152 68.
Fragmentary letter frames tension between military and civilian authority and laments Democrat casualties. It cites a New York Supreme Court habeas corpus ruling and mutters about Othello imagery, booted figures, and derogatory views on the Civil War era governance.
The current Congress has two measures in each chamber aimed at securing racial equality and constitutional freedom. Kelley’s bill for district equal suffrage faces the Senate after House passage. Freedmen’s Bureau bill awaits House action. Trumbull’s civil rights bill has broad support but needs passage in both houses. The President’s stance may influence outcomes as votes loom.
The Senate on Friday passed by 88 to 12 Judge Trumbull's bill to guarantee citizenship to those born in the United States and to abolish racial discrimination in civil rights. It frames equal rights to contract, property, and liberty, subject to crime penalties, with sections outlining full civil immunities and enforcement.
A Wayne County wool growers meeting urges Congress to raise tariffs on imported wools to protect local producers. The group proposes appointing Dr W W Taggart to speak to Wool Growers on the 24th at noon and calls for publication of proceedings in county papers.
Walter Brooke of Vicksburg addressed a large gathering of colored Mississippians at Recreation of Emancipation. He urged them to work lands offered, build schools, and pursue reading, noting laws limit land ownership but promising state aid to education and urging patience as a new social order unfolds.
The Washington special highlights the Secretary of War report detailing the number of men furnished by state under various calls from April 1, 1861, to late 1864. It lists militia, nine months, one year, two year, three year, and four year service totals and notes draft figures including 874,807 three years, 384,852 aién, and 1,076 two years, with accrued totals and milestones.
Fragmentary OCR item mentions Jeff Davis trial speedily, JWmi M Evarts as government advisor, Seward, and a Sunday arrival at Hyabh. Notes reference a bull fight, an invitation declined, and a New York letter writer with scattered mentions of New England women and mercenary speculation.
The article notes minimal support for recognition of Maximilian by the United States and confirms a Paris Extraordinary Commission has been sent to Mexico to prepare evacuation. It cites unnamed letters and states the State Department already holds official information, urging prompt public disclosure.
In Columbva on January 80 1866 the Senate reads a Highland County petition seeking an amendment to school laws abolishing color distinctions. The House and Senate discuss raising per diem pay for legislators, voting on changes to 4 or 5 dollars, and consider various bills including civil actions indexing, canal abandonment, penitentiary reforms, and soldiers' claims. Additional actions cover vaccination debates, liquor sale restrictions, and amendments to the Constitution regarding civil rights and color. The session notes frequent committee referrals and partisan divisions, with adjournments in both houses as February progresses.
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