Second Letter From Washington [Editorial Correspondence]

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Title

Second Letter From Washington [Editorial Correspondence]

Subject

Knights of the Golden Circle

Description

Franklin Pierce was president when Washington Territory was created and appointed Isaac Ingalls Stevens - his protege - as governor.

This article covers a supposed conspiracy, formed in Michigan, against the National government. Articles have appeared in the Detroit Tribune and Boston Journal stating that a document exists which states that Pierce was a participant.

Abstract

"On a motion by Sen. Latham [D-CA], the Senate has adopted a resolution calling for correspondence between Secretary Seward and ex-President Pierce, having reference to a supposed conspiracy against the Government, in which the ex-President had been charged as a participant."

Latham read from the Detroit Tribune that the document, dated October 5, 1861, "said that the league was doing noble work in Maryland and among the soldiers at Fortress Monroe; that ex-President Pierce was one of the most influential members of the league, and that the document was now in the possession of the State Department."

Pierce was aware of these allegations because he had correspondence with Secretary Seward on this subject in December 1861. "It was at Pierce's request that he [Latham] now called for the correspondence in question."

"Mr. Chandler of Michigan (Rep.) said that he knew there was a letter.... There was such an organization and it was very wide-spread. At the commencement of the war, the Knights of the Golden Circle, it was thought, would be very patriotic and go into the army, and to his (Chandler's) certain knowledge, they had succeeded in getting a large number of the worst traitors in the National army, and these traitors are there now."

Creator

The San Francisco Bulletin Company

Source

Daily Evening Bulletin

Publisher

San Francisco, CA

Date Issued

1862-04-29

Contributor

J.W.S.

Format

electronic

Medium

Web

Type

article

Identifier

Article GT3000066543

Bibliographic Citation

Vol. XIV, No. 19, Pg. 1, Col. A-C

Spatial Coverage

Washington, DC

Temporal Coverage

Letter written 1862-03-31

Provenance

Gale/Cengage, INFOTRAC: 19th Century U.S. Newspapers

URL

Will need King County Library card number to access. http://www.kcls.org/databases/subject_categories.cfm#12 (Look under Magazines and Articles for 19th Century U.S. Newspapers)

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