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