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Good content on the Lincoln-Fremont emancipation controversy...
Good content on the Lincoln-Fremont emancipation controversy...
Item # 702203
September 19, 1861
THE CRISIS, Columbus, Ohio, Sept. 19, 1861 This was an anti-war newspaper that insisted slavery should not be abolished, so consequently much content has an anti-North bias.
Articles include: "News of the Week" "The Rebellion in Missouri--Rebels in Possession of St. Joseph..." "President Lincoln & Gen. Fremont" "Gen. Fremont's Proclamation--An Explanation" "President Lincoln Reverses Fremont's Proclamation" "Panic & Depopulation of Paducah, Kentucky" and much more.
As a bit of background on the Lincoln/Fremont content, in late August 1861, Fremont placed all of Missouri under martial law believing that slavery aided the guerrillas and that a direct strike at that institution would crush them. He issued his own "emancipation proclamation", declaring Missouri's slaves free, without informing President Lincoln. This act, of course, far exceeded the authority of his position.
When he found out what Fremont had done, Lincoln asked him to modify his proclamation to conform to official policy, his letter printed here, dated at Washington, Sept. 11, 1861 and signed in type: A. Lincoln.
Eight pages, light water staining throughout, good condition.
Described as "The Hottest Rebel Sheet to be found in the North or the South", this newspaper opposed the war and attracted the hatred of the Republicans and the Lincoln administration. It was denied circulation in some cities. In 1863 the press was raided by a hateful mob.
Category: Yankee
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