Detroit Next on the 'War-hawks" Agenda

July 16th, 1878

Only a month after the the War-hawks led by Congressman Thomas Conkling were able to pass and make into Law the Ghost Rock Act of 1878, they are now demanding that Britain surrender Detroit back to the Union. Detroit was taken underhandedly by the British during the November Offensives of 1876, while the Union was fighting off the Confederates, the British snuck in from Canada and occupied Detroit. Conkling demands that Detroit is released back into the fold of the Union and reparations are paid to the United States for damages accrued under the reign of the British in Detroit.

So far no comment has been heard from the British Ambassador in Washington D.C. Congressman Watson has stated, " We will bring the Union war machine to bear on the British Empire if they do not begin negations immediately with the United States on this matter.