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…
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…
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…
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…
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.
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…
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…
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 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…