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Newspaper
Wooster Republican
Location
Wooster, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1865
Page
2
A Union Meeting is planned at the Court House in Wooster on Friday evening September 29. General Joe H Geiger of Columbus will deliver a caustic comic address. The event aims to renew union support and feature other speakers and anticipated crowds of up to about three hundred in attendance.
A segment rails against Pinkerton, accusing him of prior Rebel leanings and bounty schemes. It claims he now poses as a friend of soldiers to win Union Democratic votes, while profiting from bounty speculation and withholding true war support. The call ends with a demand to remember his actions.
Historical notes recount the state convention declaring secession void and defending soldiers' voting rights. Judges McBride Pinkerton argued votes cast abroad invalid, a claim rejected by the Supreme Court. The piece suggests veterans may withhold support from a party that questioned their wartime rights.
A long political argument pits Van Houten against Pinkerton and Zimmerman in a bank controversy. The Democrat attacks Banks and Brokers while praising or opposing local figures, arguing over Treasury control, deposits, and the safety of public funds amid 1857 political rancor.
A Civil War era notice details Bounty Pinkerton and allies challenging soldiers votes in Wayne County Ohio. It recounts 1863 results, the proceedings to contest election returns, and a 1864 court ruling labeling certain military polls outside Ohio as void, alleging unlawful suppression of soldiers’ suffrage by Copperhead forces.
The Supreme Court affirmed constitutionality of the 1868 soldiers voting law allowing military voters to cast ballots out of state. It upheld the Wayne County contest against Matthew W. Pinkerton, who faced denunciations over alleged bounty contracts and claims of misconduct linked to wartime voting.
The piece argues that Northern state conventions push prohibitions to drive black workers from the North while Southern Democrats push claims that freedmen will be kept as slaves via wage coercion. It asserts manipulation of white labor prejudice to win votes and restore some form of slavery.
E Quinby Jr examines Wayne County Treasury books and finds funds correct and accounts properly kept. He notes prior misstatements and commends Treasurer Anthony Wright for faithful compliance with statutes, detailing funds and balances and approving the recent audit procedures.
After Wayne County jail fire a new jail costs rose from an expected 20 to 25 thousand to estimates of 36 thousand and now forty to fifty thousand dollars, with fifty thousand predicted as the minimum. The piece accuses Copperhead commissioners of wasting funds and predicts a hundred thousand dollar court house if they stay in office.
A letter argues Anthony Wright was wrongly called first Treasurer and that no tax penalty existed before the Morgan raid. It details Auditor Kling and Commissioners pressuring Wright to collect a $6.20 penalty on a $4 militia tax, says funds go to state officials, and predicts the tax will be repealed after Union legislature acts next winter.
An 1865 Old Democrat letter from Canaan accuses Bounty Pinkerton and Brown & Co. of sky‑high bounty rates, swindling Wayne County citizens out of funds and government fraud through hired substitutes. The writer denounces Pinkerton’s bid for county treasurer and notes a Wooster bank tied to the bounty trades.
A vivid report notes a large party during Morgan's Raid in Holmes County with about four hundred people including men women and children amid a flood of lager and strong drink.
A terrible accident occurred this morning when the Nimrod boat blew up in Pittsburg. Captain McCormie was instantly killed and a fireman died ashore. The engineer, wife, and boy are missing and presumed lost, with several others seriously injured. A boiler fragment flew a hundred yards. Nimrod owned by New York Oil Company. Cause unknown.
Dalton notices schedule union meetings for September with speakers including Dr L G Harley and W Myers Esq. sessions listed for Thursday and Friday evenings with details such as chairpersons and locations to be announced.
A veteran recounts the Morgan Raid at Millersburg with graphic detail of Raiders and scenes of conflict. Another account is noted but omitted for room. The piece critiques Holmes County politics and a visit by a famed General who came to the capital but did not conquer.
A Holmes County gathering for General Morgan drew few attendees beyond locals, Union supporters, and a Wooster delegation. Reported disorder, beer as a draw, and harsh attacks on Copperheads mark a disappointing event for the Union cause.
The 16th Annual Wayne County Agricultural Fair will run October 4 6 and 6 on the Society grounds. Exhibitors are urged to enter before the fair starts to avoid delay and confusion with premium competitions. Entry books open at the Secretary's Office from April 26 to the fair day, then at the Fair Grounds office closing at 8 p.m. on October 2. Secretary A WRIGHT Waorten September 18 1866.
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