Is General Tilton a Secessionist!

Title

Is General Tilton a Secessionist!

Subject

Copperheads

Description

Besides the accusation of Tilton, p. 2 also has a statement in support of Arthur A. Denny for territorial representative: "The Union Platform Adopted by the People in Territorial Convention, April 14th, 1865," which declares slavery "dead and buried beyond all power of resurrection," supports the 13th Amendment and declares that "the allegiance to the United States is paramount to all other considerations."

The paper says, "We shall next week commence the campaign [to elect Denny] in earnest and hope to lend all our humble aid to clean out Copperheadism from this Territory..."

Other war-related content includes the stories, "Wilkes Booth Shot," "President Johnson's Remarks in Taking the Oath of Office," Johnson's remarks that "traitors must be punished," the proclamation of Gov. Elwood Evans declaring May 11 "a day of humiliation and prayer," a dispatch on Lee's surrender, a dispatch on Jefferson Davis fleeing with "gold plunder," a war poem and a short story about a Union soldier who climbs a tree, has a dialog with a Confederate in another tree, and shoots him.

Abstract

Gen. Tilton, running for territorial representative to Congress, is described as "the candidate of the Copperhead party." The article quotes from the Washington Democrat of July 4, 1861, which calls Tilton a secessionist even though "Tilton says he is a patriot."

Creator

unknown

Source

Seattle Weekly Gazette

Publisher

Seattle, WA: J.R. Watson

Date Issued

1865-05-04

References

Tilton, James, 1819-1878

Medium

Web

Type

article

Bibliographic Citation

Vol. 1, iss. 51, p. 2, col. A, B

Temporal Coverage

1861 - 1865

Provenance

Washington State Archives

URL

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

Start Page

2

End Page

2

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