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An anti-war newspaper in Ohio... Mass. 54th Regiment...
An anti-war newspaper in Ohio... Mass. 54th Regiment...
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June 10, 1863
THE CRISIS, Columbus, Ohio, June 10, 1863
* Rare "Copperhead movement" publication
* Pro Confederate - Confederacy - slavery
* 54th Massachusetts Colored Regiment
This was an anti-war newspaper that insisted that slavery should not be abolished, so much of its content has an anti-North bias.
Among the articles within are: "Vallandigham" "Inaugural Address of Thomas Jefferson" from 1801; "The Handwriting on the Wall ! - The Republicans Trembling at Their Own Acts & Trying to Escape through a Cry for Mercy, from the Great Avenger!" "The 54th Massachusetts Colored Regiment" about which the recent movie "Glory" was based; and more.
Eight pages, very nice condition.
background: Published at the height of the Civil War by the firebrand Samuel Medary, this June 10, 1863, issue of The Crisis serves as a stark artifact of the "Copperhead" movement, representing a Northern faction that viewed the abolition of slavery as a threat to the constitutional order and the war itself as a radical Republican failure. By framing the deployment of the 54th Massachusetts Colored Regiment through a lens of racial anxiety and reprinting Thomas Jefferson’s 1801 Inaugural Address to emphasize a "State Rights" interpretation of the Union, the paper sought to delegitimize the Lincoln administration's shifting war aims. The inclusion of Clement Vallandigham, who had recently been arrested for treasonous rhetoric, positions the newspaper as a mouthpiece for dissent, portraying the federal government as a "trembling" tyranny on the verge of collapse just weeks before the pivotal Union victory at Gettysburg. Consequently, the pristine condition of such a volatile publication is a rare find, as it documents a moment when the North was internally fractured by a "war behind the lines" over the very definition of American liberty.
background: Published at the height of the Civil War by the firebrand Samuel Medary, this June 10, 1863, issue of The Crisis serves as a stark artifact of the "Copperhead" movement, representing a Northern faction that viewed the abolition of slavery as a threat to the constitutional order and the war itself as a radical Republican failure. By framing the deployment of the 54th Massachusetts Colored Regiment through a lens of racial anxiety and reprinting Thomas Jefferson’s 1801 Inaugural Address to emphasize a "State Rights" interpretation of the Union, the paper sought to delegitimize the Lincoln administration's shifting war aims. The inclusion of Clement Vallandigham, who had recently been arrested for treasonous rhetoric, positions the newspaper as a mouthpiece for dissent, portraying the federal government as a "trembling" tyranny on the verge of collapse just weeks before the pivotal Union victory at Gettysburg. Consequently, the pristine condition of such a volatile publication is a rare find, as it documents a moment when the North was internally fractured by a "war behind the lines" over the very definition of American liberty.
Described as "The Hottest Rebel Sheet to be found in the North or the South", this newspaper attracted the hatred of the Republicans and the Lincoln administration. 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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