The Issues and the Democratic Party Critique
Fellow citizens hear a Union platform plea on party drift and the two major parties. The speaker condemns Democrats as rebels in war, warns they threaten national credit, and argues for Johnson’s reconstruction and strong union policies aligned with Ohio’s fiscal plan.
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Democratic Party
Douglas
Ohio
Congress
Hach
Jast Congress
Richmond
Atlanta
North
Savannah
Echmond
Charles
Wade Hamptons
South
Jeff
Davis
Vallandigham
Wood
United States
Republican
Union Party
Supreme Court
Kentucky
New Jersey
Delaware
Supreme Cause
Interior States
Iowa
Rhode Island
United St
Upo
South Carolina
England
Tennessee
Reconstruction
Johnson
Lincoln
Oath of royalty praised by shocked St Louis conference
The St Louis Democrat denounces the Conference of the Methodist Church South in the city as disloyal after a postwar assembly. It claims the group celebrated rebellion, praised treason, and exposed preachers to legal penalties, insisting loyalty was absent and punishment and penitence were mocked.
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United States
South
Congress
London Times
Union
Supreme Court of the United States
McCullough
Maryland
Bank of the United
Lafayette
Ind
Missouri
Ecclesiastics
St. Loria
St. Louis Democrat
Conference of the Methodist Church South
Friends of the New Constitution
Clark Jackson
Jefferson City
Lyon
Pharoah
Davenant and Slatherslam Mill Trade Amid War Time Prices
A rustic scene shows Dick Davenant weighing an English miscommunication with Sam Slatherslam about corn meal. Prices drop to cash only as war times press buyers, and California offers large bounties to encourage cotton and farm output, highlighting state aid to agriculture.
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Dick Davenant
Lindley Murray
Ick
Brandywine
Delaware
Sam Slatherslam
Dick’s Mill
California
Josh Billings Elements of Moral Philosophy
Parody style moral maxims critiquing human folly and advice. Witty aphorisms touch on happiness desire fear knowledge and health with humorous misspellings and playful proverbs.
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Josh Billings
Governor Brough and a Quaint Old Newspaper Jest
The Louisville Journal recalls Governor Brough, once a powerful Democratic editor, noting sharp contests and occasional wit. A quip about his heft in old days is quoted, reflecting era humor. A Windsor woman Elizabeth Wellwood was arrested for smuggling whisky. eight gallons found in glass quart bottles tucked into her crinoline.
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Governor Brough
Louisville Journal
Whig
Democratic Times
Johnny Brough
Ray Brough
Elizabeth Wellwood
Windsor
Detroit Tribune
Ingratitude Illustrated on Negro Suffrage Debate
A critique notes that in Iowa 750 of 1 000 black residents volunteered for war while only 17 of 40 000 Copperheads enlisted. The argument claims black enlistments enabled Copperheads to stay home and vote and suggests universal suffrage. The paper cites Guardian Paxette remarks on Union lives saved by Black soldiers.
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Iowa
Péemocracy and the Soldiers in the War Era
The article criticizes the democracy for not nominating soldiers, highlighting counties like Berks Schuylkill and York as cautious. It notes New Jersey's temporary General governor candidate, and Ohio’s Gen Geo W Morgan noted for surrender at Cumberland Gap in 1862, implying loyalty concerns and political maneuvering in wartime elections.
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Shin State
Berks
Schuylkill
York, &c
New Jersey
Ohio
Geo. W. Morgan
Cumberland Gap
Morgan
Watlandigham
Pineburgh Gazette
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Sonrwite
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Bonewitz & Carr
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R. Bounewits
McCluer
Merchants’ Emporium
Jos. H. Dowfing
Rendon
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Radconvey
Wayne Oematy
Ofaire
V. Bevenely Beampe
Preppard
Arba
Wayne Co
Jomk P. Jepyries
Martin Welexr
Jeffries & Weledr
Wayne
Holmes
Janiend
Medina
Stark
U. 4
Avery
Ovrica
John P. Jeffriea
Southwest Side
Pid Wooster
George Bliss
Torn M'Sweeny, Bliss & McSweeny
Attorneys AT Law
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Ron Block
Upstaire
Seorge Bux
Omion, Jonba
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J. M. Weaver
Urgeon 93d Regiment
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J.H. Hortor
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Yeeland
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Hlalfelujah
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John Sherman
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Taney
Johnson, &c
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Gettysburg
Mr. Lincoln
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Marshall
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