Opinion

Dear citizens of Clinton County,

Residents of Clinton County,

This event occurred years after our country’s turmoil regarding slavery began. Late at night the telegraph wires, on April 15, 1865 hummed with the news that Abraham Lincoln had been shot. This sad event happened 159 years ago. The politics of that era were very toxic and slavery had been a very divisive issue in many areas from the establishment and colonization of America. The slavery existed long before we were the United States of America. One of the largest slave markets existed only a few blocks from the White House.

Editor,

Dear fellow citizens,

By Dianne Bonecutter Garrett

In the wake of last week’s 2024 Ohio Chamber Housing Summit, we continue to focus on the issue of housing for all Ohioans. Every Ohioan should have access to safe, affordable housing, and this goal can only be accomplished if we work together.

What was the underground railroad? I hope you were not totally sleeping when there was a discussion about slavery in the history class. Slavery had become a division of South and the plantation system against North and the industrial development. Many folks also had a problem of the “ownership” of human beings and the treatment of same. After the horrible conflict of the Civil War, many books have been written about all phases of the conflict. I believe we must look at history and try to find an authority who has “the whole story.”

There is a name for people in our lives that bore us with stories about famous people they know. My friends and family call that braggadocios blowhard, Steve.

Editor,