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Valley Spirit, August 28, 1861Go To Page : 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
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Description of Page: Various items of military and war news. |
Relics at Pompeii
(Column 2)Summary: Describes some items found in the ruins at Pompeii.
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(Column 3)Summary: Responds critically to the rumored plan of the banker Corscran to loan money to the Rebels.
Douglas's Last Speech to the Senate
(Column 4)Summary: Transcript of Douglas's last address.
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Description of Page: Continuation of Douglas' address |
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Description of Page: Remainder of Douglas' speech in column 1. Poem, miscellaneous national and war news, and advertisements. |
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Support the Government
(Column 1)Summary: Urges Democrats to support the Government but not the Administration that administers it.
Delegate Elections
(Column 1)Summary: Announces that the delegate elections of the Franklin county Democratic party will be held on Saturday, August 31 and the County Convention to nominate a ticket will meet on the following Tuesday.
Excerpt: "We have faith that our Convention will nominate the right kind of a ticket and one that will give satisfaction to the whole party. We are prepared to support it as it comes from their hands without stoppig to inqurie if it is a Breckinridge or a Douglas man that is placed upon it."
Turn Out
(Column 1)Summary: Encourages Democrats to turn out to vote in the upcoming delegate election.
The Times Presumption
(Column 1)Summary: Quotes the Times' editor as saying that the chief object of the upcoming Republican convention will be to endorse Lincoln's policies.
Patriotism and Partyism
(Column 2)Summary: The Spirit asserts once again the intention of the Democratic party to support the Government but to oppose Lincoln and the Republican party. The Spirit insists that this is a feasible stance for the opposition to take.
About Secession
(Column 2)Summary: Spirit quotes the Juniata Sentinel, a Republican paper, which upheld the right of the Democratic party to oppose Lincoln while remaining loyal citizens.
Excerpt: "We honor the Sentinel for uttering the above comments."
N. and S. Ward Delegate Elections
(Column 2)Summary: Announces the polling places for the North and South Ward delegate elections.
(Names in announcement: A.J.Brand)
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(Column 2)Summary: Calls attention to a letter from a member of the Republican party entitled "Union Movement."
Judge Douglas's Position
(Column 3)Summary: Responds to charges from the Times that the Spirit is misrepresenting the late Stephen Douglas's views, hence the inclusion of Douglas's speech to let the man speak for himself.
(Names in announcement: Nill)
Repudiation
(Column 3)Summary: Reports that the Post Master will no longer honor the old stamped envelopes and stamps because the South stole a large quantity and could use them for free postage.
Excerpt: "We hope to have the thieves where we can punish them for their knavery one of these days, but we do not wish to see honest men in the North made to suffer."
Mr. Brewer's Position
(Column 4)Summary: Item taken from the Republican papers, which report Brewer's pro-Democratic speech at the Republican-orchestrated Union party meeting.
(Names in announcement: GeorgeBrewer)
Quarreling Among Themselves
(Column 4)Summary: Asserts that the Union party movement is causing Republicans to quarrel among themselves and will ultimately damage them more than it will the Democrats.
Excerpt: "The Union movement does not meet with much favor among the masses of the Republican party and is in bad odor with some of the leaders."
Full Text of Article:The Union movement does not meet with much favor among the masses of the Republican party and is in bad odor with some of the leaders. It is more likely to be the death of the Republican party than any injury it will do the Democracy. It will have one good effect in our party--it will purify our ranks a little and they need it. The Transcript will not go in for the Union dodge unless its favorite is nominated for the judgeship. It says:--"We will not consider ourself bound by the action of the Union movement; but will oppose it and its candidate down till the evening of the Second Tuesday of October, with all our might."
The Democracy
(Column 4)Summary: Spirit quotes the New York Times, a Republican paper, which praises the loyalty of the Democratic party.
Excerpt: "How manly and magnanimous is the following from the New York Times, when compared to the groveling partisan bigotry of some persons, as well as some papers, hereabouts."
Confirmation
(Column 4)Summary: Reports that Bishop Wood of Philadelphia will deliver the sacrament of Confirmation in the Catholic Church in Chambersburg.
Virginia Militia Won't Fight
(Column 4)Summary: Extract claims that the Virginia militia is not prepared to fight for South Carolina.
Origin of Article: Charleston Mercury
Mob Law
(Column 5)Summary: Decries suspension of civil liberties in certain sections of the North.
Origin of Article: Philadelphia Ledger
The Union Movement
(Column 6)Summary: A Republican writer says the Union movement is nothing more than a collection of failed Democrats and Republicans seeking a new and successful political life in a third party.
(Names in announcement: JudgeNill, Kimmel)Excerpt: "I am astonished that the Republican party would go into any such a mongrel movement as is under way now."
Trailer: A Republican
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(Column 6)Summary: Asserts that the war should be fought only to preserve the Union.
Excerpt: "If men talk of prosecuting the war for other purposes than the restoration of the Union, they do not sympathize with the great purpose of the Nation. If men advocate peace at the cost of separation, they are equally hostile."
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Married
(Column 6)Summary: Married on August 22.
(Names in announcement: Rev.S.McHenry, J.H.Crawford, Sarah JaneMentzer)
Married
(Column 6)Summary: Married on August 22.
(Names in announcement: Rev.A.K.Nelson, JosiahAllen, AnnaBrindle, MalachiBrindle)
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Description of Page: Advertisements |
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Description of Page: Advertisements |
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Description of Page: Various items of national and military news. Remainder of page ads. |
Military Movements in Canada
(Column 1)Summary: Reports military movements in Canada involving the defense of the frontier.
Important from Hayti
(Column 1)Summary: Reports that one of John Brown's confederates, named Merriam, was expelled from Hayti.
The Income Tax
(Column 1)Summary: Article regarding the provisions of the income tax law.
Mutiny Among the Soldiers at Washington
(Column 1)Summary: Reports that the 79th New York and the 5th Maine refused to obey orders and were sent to work camp at Dry Tortugas in the Gulf of Mexico.
"A Limited Monarchy"
(Column 2)Summary: Reports on a conflict between Governor Brown of Georgia and President Jefferson Davis. Brown criticized Davis for ignoring the doctrine of States Rights and attempting to strengthen the central government.
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(Column 2)Summary: General Wool, in a speech given in New York, stated that the war has occured only because the South "wants to extend the area of slavery. Nothing else but that."
Editorial Comment: General Wool "speaks with a straightforward manliness on the slavery question, which shows that he understands the causes of the war."