Posted on 04/28/2020 5:35:21 AM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson
Special Dispatch to the New-York Times. CHARLESTON, Friday, April 27. Out of the 4,000 strangers in the city probably not more than three-fifths went to bed last night at all, and probably even they can't stand the temptation to-night. At early dawn knots of people, eagerly talking and fiercely gesticulation, could be seen in the bar-rooms or on the corners of the streets. The all-aborbing question was, what will be the state of things in the Convention when the discussion on the Platform comes up. All parties conceded that a fierce and bitter discussion would be had, and that in all probability trouble would ensue.
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Thanks for all your posts, though I rarely have time to comment. What a fascinating anniversary when todays Democrat party faces a convention with a possible sexual predator in first, a Communist in second. And I suspect many looking for a way out.
“Black Republican State”?? WTF? The NY Times always an organ of the Democratic Party.
General Benjamin of Massacusetts is the Benjamin Butler who would become a Union general and is perhaps most famous for leading the land component working with Farraguat that captured New Orleans.
Has the NY Times ever apologized for using “nigger” in the paper?
Butler was given command of Fort Monroe in the Hampton Roads area. He made the decision to treat escaped slaves as contraband so they would not be returned to their owners.
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