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The first issue of this controversial newspaper...
The first issue of this controversial newspaper...
Item # 704455
January 31, 1861
THE CRISIS, Columbus, Ohio, Jan. 31, 1861 This is the very first issue--volume 1 number 1--of what was 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 insisted that slavery could not be prohibited by law. So obnoxious was this paper to Unionists that it was denied circulation in some cities. In 1863 the press was raided by a hateful mob.
The first page begins with an editorial beginning: "When I announced to my friends...that I believed that our country was on the eve of dissolution, and that I felt it a duty...that I should go back to Ohio...land embark in a paper in anticipation of such a threatening catastrophe, I am well aware that many supposed that I was partially out of my senses...".
Page 3 has another article in which the publisher explains the purpose of his paper. One bit notes: "...'The Crisis' will fully & thoroughly sift the great issues that hang like a cloud of night over our common country...".
Other articles include: "Has the South Done No Wrong?" "Has the South Any Reason to Complain?" "Washington's Farewell Address" "The Free States to be Attached to Canada" "The President's Special Message" signed in type: James Buchanan; and much more.
Eight pages, staining & a bit irregular at the spine including minor loss at the top of the spine not affecting yet, staining to the lower right does not cause loss of readability, some other stains as well.
Category: Yankee
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