Title
"Conspiracy"
Subject
Elections
Description
The Statesman editor suggests that the stories about the potential Order of American Knights insurrections in the western and northern states are meant to alarm and mislead voters into reelecting Abraham Lincoln.
Abstract
This brief editorial note in the Washington Statesman suggests that recent news articles about possible northern and western rebellions led by the Order of American Knights are meant to alarm voters, in the run-up to the 1864 presidential election.
Source
Washington Statesman
Publisher
Walla Walla W.T.: R.R. and S.G. Rees
Date Issued
1864-08-05
References
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
Medium
Web
Type
article
Bibliographic Citation
Vol. III, No. 34, p. 3, col. A
Provenance
Washington Secretary of State: Historic Newspapers
URL
http://sos.wa.gov/history/newspapers.aspx
Start Page
3
End Page
3