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The Message (December 12th, 1867)
>From The Democratic Advocate; Westminster, MD
Summary: Paper urges readers to pay attention to parts of President Johnson's message which occupies about 6 full columns in paper
Full DetailsThe Impeachment Dead (December 12th, 1867)
>From The Democratic Advocate; Westminster, MD
Summary: Paper claims Johnson "triumphant" - vote on impeachment showed 57 yeas and 108 nays
Full Details[Several "Bounty" ads] (December 12th, 1867)
>From The Democratic Advocate; Westminster, MD
Summary: Ads from both local lawyers and Baltimore firms which will help soldiers and sailors obtain bounties - these ads repeated over several years
Full DetailsGeneral Jubal Early … (December 18th, 1867)
>From The Herald and Torch Light; Hagerstown, MD
Summary: "General Jubal Early is said to be living at his ease in Drummondville, a little Canadian village near Niagra (sic) Falls. He can afford to live at his ease, after what he took from Hagerstown and Frederick."
Full DetailsMean - Very Mean! (December 18th, 1867)
>From The Herald and Torch Light; Hagerstown, MD
Summary: Accuses rival paper The Hagerstown Mail of manufacturing quotes of Southern black men to make them appear unintelligent, uninformed, unworthy of the vote, etc. The Herald defends the Southern Negroes and notes that Alabama is currently holding a convention to write a new state constitution with 18-20 Negroes as part of that group. The new constitution will grant equal suffrage and rights to both races. It is unfair to criticize the speech, etc. of the Negroes when they have been denied any education for 200 years. The new Alabama constitution will be far superior to the old one written solely by white men.
Full DetailsCan't Return the Compliment (December 18th, 1867)
>From The Herald and Torch Light; Hagerstown, MD
Summary: The Herald responds to an editorial in rival paper The Mail which suggests that The Herald has an "improved tone." The Herald has not changed its tone or its opinion of The Mail's moral character. In fact, The Herald would suggest that The Mail is only getting worse.
Full DetailsMaryland's Condition (December 18th, 1867)
>From The Herald and Torch Light; Hagerstown, MD
Summary: The Herald reprints a scathing editorial from the Washington Chronicle which discusses at length the political condition of Maryland. "Her government is anti-republican in form, and her social and political condition an abomination in the sight of the country." "[The present constitution's framers], many of whom were active secessionists in the rebellion, seem to have learned nothing by its suppression..." "The larger, more populous, and enterprising counties, by a corrupt system of representation are placed at the mercy of the smaller, rabid, pro-slavery counties..." The article goes on at length criticizing the 1867 constitution of Maryland and the people who wrote it. Also mentioned is the state's "scum-rebel militia" consisting of several thousand men at an annual cost to the state of $700,000 which rules "with an iron rod."
Full DetailsMaryland Bounty to Soldiers and Sailors (December 18th, 1867)
>From The Herald and Torch Light; Hagerstown, MD
Summary: Advertisement: Thomas Timmons of Baltimore advertises the bounties due to soldiers, sailors, their widows, their heirs, those who furnished substitutes to avoid the draft, etc. Owners of enlisted slaves are advised to "obtain valuable information free of charge at our office." Timmons will collect back pay, bounties, etc.
Full Details[Assorted articles on politics at state and national level] (December 19th, 1867)
>From The Democratic Advocate; Westminster, MD
Summary: Articles on topics previously covered concerning state and national politics - also political events in other states which "Democratic Advocate" wants its readers to know
Full DetailsThe Antietam Cemetery (December 20th, 1867)
>From The Valley Register; Middletown, MD
Summary: Trouble at a meeting of the Antietam Cemetery trustees when it was realized that its charter called for burial of both Union and Rebel soldiers; decided on separate part of the grounds for Rebels.
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