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Organize Union Men, Organize (September 6th, 1866)
>From The American Sentinel; Westminster, MD
Summary: Urges Union men to organize for the campaign - to keep eye on Registrars to see they don't enroll former rebels or Copperheads as qualified voters.
Full DetailsOur Mass Meeting (September 7th, 1866)
>From The Valley Register; Middletown, MD
Summary: Union meeting to be held in Middletown, expected speakers Maynard, Thomas and Sands, bands from Frederick, Rohrersville, Myersville and Bolivar
Full DetailsThe Primary Meeting (September 7th, 1866)
>From The Valley Register; Middletown, MD
Summary: Members of the Unconditional Union Party met at the Middletown Academy , David Ausherman, Chairman and Wm. W. Perry, Secretary. Thirteen men were appointed delegates to the County Nominating Convention.
Full DetailsCounty Convention (September 7th, 1866)
>From The Valley Register; Middletown, MD
Summary: Announcement for an upcoming Unconditional Union County Convention that will nominate 6 candidates for the House of Delegates
Full DetailsCan't Dodge the Issue (September 7th, 1866)
>From The Republican Citizen; Frederick, MD
Summary: The Republican Citizenuses the Frederick Examiner's announcement that Francis Thomas is the Unconditional Union candidate for Congress to denounce Thomas and the Radicals for supporting Negro suffrage.
Full DetailsHow Do Your Like It? (September 7th, 1866)
>From The Republican Citizen; Frederick, MD
Summary: Sarcastic editorial encouraging the citizens of Frederick County to re-elect Francis Thomas to Congress if they would like their taxes to be raised to support men "legislating for the negro."
Full DetailsBe Not Deceived (September 7th, 1866)
>From The Republican Citizen; Frederick, MD
Summary: Editorial stating that those who side with the Radical party out of prejudice against the Democrats are simply showing their subservience to the abolitionists they once loathed.
Full DetailsMeet Again (September 7th, 1866)
>From The Republican Citizen; Frederick, MD
Summary: Editorial requesting all the loyalists who met in the basement of the Court House and called William H. Seward "the arch fiend of hell" to answer the editor's question : "Is Seward a fiend" or only "a traitor and rebel sympathizer?"
Full DetailsThe Argument (September 7th, 1866)
>From The Republican Citizen; Frederick, MD
Summary: The Citizen challenges the Examiner's explanation of Rep. Francis Thomas's vote for "universal Negro suffrage" in the District of Columbia as necessary to protect Congress from the ire of DC"s "rebel" residents.
Full Details"Transportation" to Middletown (September 7th, 1866)
>From The Republican Citizen; Frederick, MD
Summary: The Citizens notes that transportation will be provided for men of "the Fred Douglas party" to attend a meeting in Middletown, to be paid for by taxpayers, since Congress voted itself a raise,spends 20 million a year on the Freedman's Bureau, and paid Negroes bigger bounties than white soldiers..
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