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October 26, 1878 in Frostburg Mining Journal

Domestic News October 26, 1878

Frostburg Mining Journal

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Tennessee Democrats, Congress Renomination, John H House, Political Speech, Sectional Reconciliation

Frostburg, Allegany County, Maryland

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Democrats in Tennessee's sixth district renominated Hon. John H. House for Congress yesterday. In his speech, he advocated for campaigns focused on governmental policy, eliminating sectional hatred, and praised Northern aid to the fever-stricken South as greater than the Appomattox victory.

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The democrats of the sixth Tennessee district yesterday renominated Hon. John H. House for Congress. He made a speech, in which he said that in the next contest between the two great parties it will be upon governmental policy, and that sectional hatred will be eliminated from the campaign. He referred warmly to the conduct of the North towards the fever-stricken South as grander than the victory of Appomattox, and said, "God's own hand has bridged the bloody chasm. Let not the ambition of man seek to reopen the wounds and to rekindle the embers of sectional strife."

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Politics

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Tennessee Democrats Congress Renomination John H House Political Speech Sectional Reconciliation

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Hon. John H. House

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Sixth Tennessee District

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Sixth Tennessee District

Event Date

Yesterday

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Hon. John H. House

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The democrats of the sixth Tennessee district yesterday renominated Hon. John H. House for Congress. He made a speech, in which he said that in the next contest between the two great parties it will be upon governmental policy, and that sectional hatred will be eliminated from the campaign. He referred warmly to the conduct of the North towards the fever-stricken South as grander than the victory of Appomattox, and said, "God's own hand has bridged the bloody chasm. Let not the ambition of man seek to reopen the wounds and to rekindle the embers of sectional strife."