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Battle of Fort Donelson.... Lincoln on Emancipation... Constitution for Deseret...
Battle of Fort Donelson.... Lincoln on Emancipation... Constitution for Deseret...
Item # 705524
March 12, 1862
THE CRISIS, Columbus, Ohio, March 12, 1862
* Battle of Fort Donelson - Tennessee
* Abraham Lincoln & emancipation
* State of Deseret - Utah - Mormons
The front page begins with: "Are the Abolition, Free Negroites to Force this War into One of Emancipation?" which is a prophetic article. Also: "Sec. Chase Working Slaves on Southern Plantations". Inside has over half a page on the continued: "Reflections On The Present Crisis".
Another page is mostly taken up with: "Constitution of the State of Deseret", present-day Utah. Another page has a short editorial headed: "Utah" which begins: "As the State of Deseret (Utah) will soon be knocking at the door of Congress for admission, we publish the Constitution just adopted...".
Also: "President's Message Respecting Emancipation" which is signed in type: Abraham Lincoln; "Rebel Account the Battle of Fort Donelson" which takes over half a page is is signed in type: Gid J. Pillow, Brig. Gen. C.S.A.; The Siege of Fort Donelson" and even more.
Eight pages, very nice 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 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.
Category: The Civil War
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