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WS 1864-09-02 Will They Withdraw p 3, col A.JPG
The Statesman asserts that Lincoln, in particular, has alienated the voters of the United States. through weakness when he was right and stubbornness when he was wrong. It would be in the country's best interests, the editor argues, for the two…

WS 1864-05-20 Widening p 3, col A&B-Pt 1.JPG
The breach in the Republican party to which this article refers, arose before the 1864 Republican national convention because of those in the party who were convinced that President Abraham Lincoln was not moving fast enough or radically enough on…

WS 1863-11-21 Why Was Wendell Phillips Feted at White House Pg2, Col A.JPG
The Democratic editor of the Walla Walla Washington Statesman takes issue with the Lincoln administration's warm welcome for abolitionist Wendell Phillips.

The argument is that Philips was a fanatic, who was the "boasting destroyer of the…

WS 1864-09-30 Why They Left p 3, col C-Pt 1.JPG
The Democratic editor of the Walla Walla Statesman consistently argues that abolitionists are narrow-minded fanatics, who will not permit disagreement. In fact, they will not permit the constitutional rights of freedom of speech and freedom of the…

Seattle Weekly Gazette _1865-03-04_Why the Valley Was Cleaned.pdf
The point of this story, published in March 1865, is that it is justifiable to treat Confederate supporters harshly because the Confederates are guerrilla fighters who hide behind their women, and commit atrocities.

A participant in the military…

WS 1864-03-19 Why Don't They p 2, col E.JPG
The U.S. government was strapped for cash during the Civil War, and issued paper money or "greenbacks," taking the United States off the gold standard. The bills were discounted and devalued, as wartime inflation drove real prices higher. The…

Vancouver Register_1867-01-05_Who They Are.pdf
Describes the newly-elected Legislative Assembly of the Territory with whom the writer has "personal acquaintance."

Speaker of the House Henry Miles of Lewis County, is a "hard-shelled Democrat," is "intensely opposed to the nigger" and voted for…

Vancouver Register_1866-08-11_Who Is Right!.pdf
Although the President had stated that treason should be "made odious", he has failed to follow through with consequences for traitors to the Union. This would be of interest to those in the Territories as there were known Copperheads living in the…

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Lodge may be referring to the shut-down of northern textile mills and other economic consequences of the evolving Civil War and trade blockade with the Confederate States of America. These wartime measures had considerable economic impact.


The…

WS 1864-09-23 Who Did It p 2, col B.JPG
The misstatement of the resolution is such that it impugns the congressman's loyalty, but reporting that he said the peace should be settled according the constitution of the Confederate States of America rather than the United States of…
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