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Johnson Meeting (June 14th, 1866)
>From The Democratic Advocate; Westminster, MD
Summary: Report on June 9th meeting of Johnson Club in Freedom - large and enthusiastic meeting - lists officers elected - R. T. Shipley is president
Full DetailsBeautifully Consistent (June 14th, 1866)
>From The American Sentinel; Westminster, MD
Summary: The Sentinel contradicts the Advocate's and Gttysburg Compiler's accounts of Radical violence at the Democratic meeting in Westminster.
Full DetailsState Convention of the Unconditional Union Party (June 14th, 1866)
>From The American Sentinel; Westminster, MD
Summary: Report of proceedings of the state convention of the Unconditional Union Party in Baltimore, chaired by Charles Ohr of Allegany Co., which established the party's platform as support for the Registry Law and opposition to extending suffrage to either rebels or Negroes.
Full DetailsCounty Central Committee (June 14th, 1866)
>From The American Sentinel; Westminster, MD
Summary: Names members of the Carroll County Central Committee of the Union party which will meet on June 25th - three delegates (named) from each election district - to consider important issues in the coming campaign.
Full DetailsA Infamous Label (June 15th, 1866)
>From The Valley Register; Middletown, MD
Summary: The Valley Register criticizes the Hagerstown Mail for its allegation that the "Tunker" church requires male members, black and white, to kiss each other on meeting. The Mail's editor, it says, once a rebel sympathizer, is now a supporter of the Johnson party.
Full DetailsThe Election in Loudon County, VA (June 15th, 1866)
>From The Republican Citizen; Frederick, MD
Summary: The election resulted in the choice ofA.J. Bradfield for Clerk and Col. E.V. White for Sheriff.
Full DetailsMass Meeting (June 15th, 1866)
>From The Republican Citizen; Frederick, MD
Summary: Notice of the Grand Mass Meeting to be held in Frederick in support of Johnson's policy of reconstruction and in opposition to Negro suffrage and equality.
Full DetailsStates Rights (June 15th, 1866)
>From The Republican Citizen; Frederick, MD
Summary: Editorial attacking the wartime Constitution of MD as an unconstitutional abridgement of the state's right to self-government imposed by radicals, citing a speech by Judge Nelson of Frederick.
Full DetailsTraitors (June 15th, 1866)
>From The Republican Citizen; Frederick, MD
Summary: Editorial claiming that, if the South would consent to "universal negro suffrage," the Abolitionists would let the South be represented in Congress and approve a general amnesty, including release of Jeff Davis from Fortress Monroe.
Full DetailsJohnson Mass Meeting (June 15th, 1866)
>From The Republican Citizen; Frederick, MD
Summary: Announcement of a Johnson Mass Meeting to be held in Frederick in support of Pres. Johnson's policy of reconstruction.
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