Our Platform

Title

Our Platform

Subject

Newspapers

Description

Up until this date, the Puget Sound Herald had described itself on its masthead as an "independent family journal, devoted to literature and the interests of the Washington Territory". Beginning with this issue, it also included a statement of "Our Platform" at the top of its editorial page. Although the editor was clearly and strongly pro-Union, as expressed in numerous editorial comments since 1859, this is the first publication of a pro-Union platform statement.

Abstract

This pronouncement, titled "OUR PLATFORM," states: "THE UNCONDITIONAL MAINTENANCE OF THE UNION, THE SUPREMACY OF THE CONSTITUTION, AND THE COMPLETE SUPPRESSION OF THE REBELLION, WITH THE CAUSE THEREOF, BY VIGOROUS WAR AND ALL APT AND EFFICIENT MEANS."


Creator

Charles Prosch

Source

Puget Sound Herald

Publisher

Steilacoom, Washington Territory: Charles Prosch

Date Issued

1864-05-07

Medium

Web

Type

article

Bibliographic Citation

Vol.6, No.21, col.A

Temporal Coverage

1864-05-07

Provenance

Washington Secretary of State, Historic Newspapers

URL

http://www.sos.wa.gov/history/newspapers.aspx

Start Page

2

End Page

2

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