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Newspaper
Wooster Republican
Location
Wooster, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1865
Page
2
Private to General veterans return determined to destroy slavery and oppose copperhead politics. They credit Union support from their comrades, reject copperhead aid to rebels, and condemn anti revenue and draft opposition seen in Congress and Wayne County.
Telegraph reports Rear Admiral Dupont deceased has bequeathed 175000 dollars prize money to establish a National Asylum for orphans of soldiers and sailors. The bequest honors a brave soldier and philanthropist and will serve the legatees well and the legator’s memory.
The April 14 conspiracy led to Lincoln’s assassination and Seward’s near murder. Four condemned face execution while others receive life or long terms. Testimony centers on Harrold Booth’s ally and conspirators including Payn, Atzerott, and Surratt. The editor denounces falsehoods about Wooster and recounts relief funds for soldiers’ families amid wartime partisan politics.
Four literal fool and Copperhead killer, J. H. Kauke. The writer rails at Mr. Eason and Democratic Copperhead supporters, mocking calls for revolution and accusing meetings at Moreland of venomous rhetoric. He mentions marching toward Europe, Canada, or England, hints at soldiers voting, and ends urging publication of the article.
Mr Epster denounces unnamed critics in last week's Wayne County Copperhead columns as cowards attacking Union supporters. He predicts if the critic reveals his name, records will show votes for Vallandigham, opposition to war, letters urging desertion, and obstruction of the war effort. He urges confession and repentance, ends with a moral verse and signature L Flattery.
The Missouri Constitution, adopted by popular vote, purges slavery from state law and marks a new era. The St. Louis Democrat lauds the triumph as decisive and predicts a brilliant history, inviting loyal and liberty loving people to Missouri with welcome and opportunities.
The report notes John Surratt claimed his testimony would exonerate his mother Mrs. Surratt and offered to testify if pardoned for involvement in the conspiracy. The government declined the offer, and the text condemns his choice, saying he let his mother die rather than risk his own action, while asserting her innocence.
A minister denounces the Democrat editor for publishing Dr Wilson's treasonous speech and misrepresenting it. He accuses the paper of demagoguery, hostility to loyal ministry, and hostility to the church, while defending abolition preaching and condemning the editor's politics as filth. He argues the Assembly dismissed Wilson and asserts the paper's infamous rebel record.
J A Reed writes that abolitionists will win freedom while slaveholders cling to chains. He accuses Breckinridge of cowardice and ignorance and vows to expose the alleged misdeeds of his paper. The letter denounces the term abolitionist and questions the Brackenridge associate's honesty.
A detailed report from Washington outlines the suspension of the writ of habeas corpus in the Mary E. Surratt case, the pursuit of clemency pleas at the White House, and General Hancock's refusal to release the condemned. The text notes Andrew Johnson's order suspending the writ and directing execution by military authority, with court proceedings and the observers present at the Metropolitan Hotel.
A lengthy report describes the preparation and execution of four condemned conspirators near the arsenal. It covers the gallows construction, graves, prisoner interviews with relatives and clergy, the family scenes, the procession to the scaffold, the readings and prayers, the hanging, postmortem checks, and burial arrangements. Witnesses include Mrs. Surratt, Atzerott, Harrold, and Payne, with officers and military involvement throughout.
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