Annals of Cleveland

Cleveland PLAIN DEALER

Abstracts: 33

595

Cleveland Morning Leader, 15 October 1864 (ed; 3 inches) ~ See original
p.2, col.3 ~ View at ChronAm

595 - L Oct. 15; ed: 2/3 - The New York WORLD prints a report that the Re-
publicans lost 61,000 votes, but the truth is that the majority of Republican
votes in Ohio is estimated at 40,000.
The PLAIN DEALER is following in the footsteps of the WORLD - or
rather it lies more desperately. To what desperate straits is a party re-
duced which must resort to such magnificent and enormous frauds. (3)

Elections, Campaigns and Candidates / Ohio

Index terms:

Cleveland PLAIN DEALER; New York WORLD; Ohio; Republican party

596

Cleveland Morning Leader, 15 October 1864 (ed; 2 inches) ~ See original
p.2, col.3 ~ View at ChronAm

596 - L. Oct. 15; ed: 2/3 - The PLAIN DEALER stated in one issue that the
Democrats had cut down the Union majority in Ohio from 101,000 to 35,000.
On another day it published a report that the Union majority would be 85,000,
a difference of "only" 50,000. "This is what the PLAIN DEALER calls sub-
serving the ends of 'justice and truth.' Honest men call it downright
swindling." (2)

Elections, Campaigns and Candidates / Ohio

Index terms:

Cleveland PLAIN DEALER; Ohio; Union

641

Cleveland Morning Leader, 6 September 1864 (ed; 4 inches) ~ See original
p.2, col.2 ~ View at ChronAm

641 - L Sept. 6; ed:2/2 - The PLAIN DEALER is making a sorry effort to
bolster up McClellan, but discovers that all the thunder it expected to
make out of arbitrary arrests, habeas corpus, the draft, etc., has all
been drawn by McClellan. It must therefore spend some time in clearing
up the "Little Corporal 's" record.
"The PLAIN DEALER has already justified the arrest of the Maryland
Legislature which is a good symptom. Believe in Arbitrary arrests to-
day, and tomorrow you can go Little Mac on Emancipation and Confiscation
which he favored!" (4)

Elections, Campaigns and Candidates / United States

Index terms:

Cleveland PLAIN DEALER; McClellan, George B.; Maryland

683

Cleveland Morning Leader, 18 October 1864 (ed; 2 inches) ~ See original
p.2, col.1 ~ View at ChronAm

683 - L. Oct. 18; ed:2/1 - The PLAIN DEALER says: "We have every reason
to believe that the vote of the army of the Potomac has gone Democratic."
Give the reason and your readers will be saved the necessity of gulping
down a naked lie. Some years ago certain of the faithful who follow
the shammy light of the PLAIN DEALER lost money by putting faith in its
fiction, and betting accordingly. Is the PLAIN DEALER desirous of doing
them a similar wrong? (2)

Elections, Campaigns and Candidates / United States

Index terms:

Cleveland PLAIN DEALER; U. S. army

707

Cleveland Morning Leader, 8 November 1864 (ed; 2 inches) ~ See original
p.2, col.3 ~ View at ChronAm

707 - L Nov. 8; ed: 2/3 - The PLAIN DEALER announces that the torch
light procession, which was to have sent terror into the hearts of Union
men, was withdrawn because of inclement weather. "The balmy air and
light moon last night gave the lie to the excuse. The fact of the
matter is, they had torches but not enough men to carry them." (2)

Elections, Campaigns and Candidates / United States

Index terms:

Cleveland PLAIN DEALER; Union

708

Cleveland Morning Leader, 9 November 1864 (ed; 11 inches) ~ See original
p.4, col.3 ~ View at ChronAm

708 - L Nov. 9; ed:4/3 - We spent some time in the office of the PLAIN
DEAL ER last night and witnessed a dismal scene as election returns came
in. The crowd was enthusiastic at first with expectations of McClellan's
victory, but soon they started slipping out as returns showed that the
Union party was leading. (11)

Elections, Campaigns and Candidates / United States

Index terms:

Cleveland PLAIN DEALER; McClellan, George B.; Union

1387

Cleveland Morning Leader, 22 August 1864 (ed; 4 inches) ~ See original
p.2, col.3 ~ View at ChronAm

1387 - L Aug. 22; ed: 2/3 - The PLAIN DEALER complains of being "dizzy"
in watching the "political acrobats" of the Union press and party.
"We look upon the dizziness which we have already produced as an
evidence that a revolution is going on somewhere in the vicinity of
the Democratic rooster that has waited a long time for an opportunity
to crow. Allow us to congratulate the PLAIN DEALER, upon the effect of
the sound doctrines which are set forth in the LEADER." - (4)

Newspapers

Index terms:

Cleveland PLAIN DEALER

1390

Cleveland Morning Leader, 6 September 1864 (ed; 4 inches) ~ See original
p.2, col.2 ~ View at ChronAm

1390 - L. Sept. 6; ed:2/2 - The PLAIN DEALER pronounces as liars and
slanderers, all who say that the Democratic party would for the sake
of peace "compromise the integrity of the nation, honor of the flag or
the self respect of the people." -
LEADER:
"Tell us what dishonor is, if it is honor to ask for an armistice,
when the rebels themselves scout the idea of anything but a separation."
(4)

Newspapers

Index terms:

Cleveland LEADER; Cleveland PLAIN DEALER

1391

Cleveland Morning Leader, 12 September 1864 (ed; 8 inches) ~ See original
p.2, col.2 ~ View at ChronAm

1391 - L. Sept. 12; ed:2/2 - The PLAIN DEALER makes the assertion that
Lincoln declared in 1848 that the right of revolution is a sacred thing.
"Lincoln did not justify a rebellion, however, which was consummated
against the vill of the people, and which has not freedom for its object,
but the strengthening of despotism and slavery." - -
The PLAIN DEALER'S knowledge of history must be limited if it does
not know that the rebellion of Jeff Davis is not a rebellion of the
people, and that the whole work of secession was managed by a secret body
of traitors at Washington. (8)

Newspapers

Index terms:

Cleveland PLAIN DEALER; Davis, Jeff; Lincoln, Abraham; Washington, D. C.

1393

Cleveland Morning Leader, 29 September 1864 (ed; 2 inches) ~ See original
p.2, col.2 ~ View at ChronAm

1393 - L Sept. 29; ed:2/2 - The PLAIN DEALER declares that it will
conduct a campaign to suit itself. "We have no doubt of it. Notwith-
standing the contempt into which it has fallen among decent and sen-
sible Democrats, it will stick to its element. The defense that might
be made for its candidate and platform will not be safe, simply be-
cause it is bound to stick to ribaldry." (2)

Newspapers

Index terms:

Cleveland PLAIN DEALER

1394

Cleveland Morning Leader, 8 October 1864 (ed; 2 inches) ~ See original
p.2, col.2 ~ View at ChronAm

1394 - L Oct. 8; ed: 2/2 - The mendacity of the PLAIN DEALER is well
illustrated in its comments on the demonstration at the Union rally.
It talks about General Garfield being introduced and "demonstrating"
that the rebellion had been cut in twain etc. Garfield was not in
Cleveland that day, but in Delaware.
LEADER: -
"This shows how the PLAIN DEALER makes lies out of the 'whole cloth. '"
(2)

Newspapers

Index terms:

Cleveland LEADER; Cleveland PLAIN DEALER; Delaware; Garfield, Maj. Gen. J. A.

1395

Cleveland Morning Leader, 8 October 1864 (ed; 2 inches) ~ See original
p.4, col.4 ~ View at ChronAm

1395 - L. Oct. 8; ed:4/4 - The PLAIN DEALER writhes and squirms through
a dozen paragraphs in the issue of Oct. 8, and tries to shift blame of
the outrages committed by "Copperheads" at the Union rally. "It is
no use. All its subterfuges will not hide the fact that these out-
rages were committed by Copperhead rowdies. So squirm away, Mr. Plain
Dealer, your agitation shows that at least you are not lost to all sense
of shame." (2)

Newspapers

Index terms:

Cleveland PLAIN DEALER; Copperheads

1397

Cleveland Morning Leader, 14 October 1864 (17 inches) ~ See original
p.2, col.2 ~ View at ChronAm

1397 - L Oct. 14:2/2 - The PLAIN DEALER tells of the retirement of
John J. Jacobs, manager of the Ashland UNION, and "wishes success to
J. W. McCord, B. F. Nelson and J. M. Landis, successors to Jacobs. The . .
UNION has had the reputation of being the most outspoken advocate of
treason and the most violent, abusive and obscene in political discus-
sions, among papers of southern Ohio.
"We had hoped that a change of administration might result in im-
provement in these respects. Our expectations were not met however
judging from quotations from the first issue published under the auspices
of these gentlemen of 'sound Democratic principles' as the PLAIN DEALER
sees fit to call them. Lying, misquoting, abuse of soldiers, blasphemy,
and obscenity, then, are the 'sound Democratic Principles' of the Plain
Dealer." (17)

Newspapers

Index terms:

Ashland, O.; Ashland UNION; Cleveland PLAIN DEALER; Jacobs, John J.; Landis, J. M.; McCord, J. W.; Nelson, B. F.; Ohio

1398

Cleveland Morning Leader, 7 November 1864 (ed; 3 inches) ~ See original
p.4, col.2 ~ View at ChronAm

1398 - L Nov. 7; ed:4/2 - "The PLAIN DEALER is nimble as a kangaroo
at lying; it can vault over truth, piled ever so high, with perfect
ease. "Adept in the art of not telling the truth, it either has genius
for lying or has served a long apprenticeship." (3)

Newspapers

Index terms:

Cleveland PLAIN DEALER

1399

Cleveland Morning Leader, 7 November 1864 (ed; 2 inches) ~ See original
p.4, col.2 ~ View at ChronAm

1399 - L Nov. 7; ed:4/2 - The PLAIN DEALER is pleased because Mrs.
Walling, a Texas refugee, did not speak at the Union meeting. Why
gloat over her failure to speak? An ass once tried to pass as a lion
and donned a Lion's skin as a disguise; but somehow the ears worked out
to view. "The PLAIN DEALER goes in big for the Union but is afraid to
hear a Union refugee tell of her escape and experience."
Beware of the long ear, 0 neighbor." (2)

Newspapers

Index terms:

Cleveland PLAIN DEALER; Texas; Union; Walling, Mrs. (Texas)

1416

Cleveland Morning Leader, 11 July 1864 (ed; 20 inches) ~ See original
p.2, col.1 ~ View at ChronAm

1416 - L. July 11; ed: 2/1 - The Cleveland Typographical union demands
an advance in wages from 35 to 45 cents per 1,000 ems. The proprietors
of the LEADER and PLAIN DEALER agreed to pay 40 cents per thousand.
This strike will not interfere with the publication of the papers which
is assisted by volunteers. Prices for our paper would increase if demands
of the strikers are granted.
Wages are not as high in Cleveland as in New York, Chicago, and
Cincinnati, but living is also higher in those cities. Their circulation,
also, is much larger.
Under the rules of the union, no publisher can employ a non-union
foreman not even his own son, if he is not a union member. Any man re-
fusing to join is called "rat."
"From the tyranny of this unreasonable organization, we declare our-
selves free." (20)

Newspapers / Labor

Index terms:

Chicago, Ill.; Cincinnati, O.; Cleveland LEADER; Cleveland PLAIN DEALER; Cleveland Typographical union; New York

1551

Cleveland Morning Leader, 22 August 1864 (ed; 4 inches) ~ See original
p.2, col.3 ~ View at ChronAm

1551 - L. Aug. 22; ed: 2/3 - The PLAIN DEALER says that the Democracy has
gone to Chicago to save the nation, and that the ablest and purest men
will meet there. - - - . . . - --
"We should be glad to believe the above if it were possible, but the
history and present make-up of the Democratic party is not favorable to
such a desire. We suspect the PLAIN DEALER'S standard of ability and purity
is a very inferior one, if the Copperheads that go there from the West are
the finest specimens that can be presented. Men whose course has been
calculated to delay the war and prevent restoration of the Union, are
neither very able nor very pure." - (4)

Political Parties / Democratic

Index terms:

Chicago, Ill.; Cleveland PLAIN DEALER; Copperheads; Union

1567

Cleveland Morning Leader, 11 October 1864 (ed; 2 inches) ~ See original
p.2, col.2 ~ View at ChronAm

1567 - L. Oct. 11; ed: 2/2 - The Hebrew writer in the PLAIN DEALER indig-
nantly takes exception to the LEADER'S speaking of Belmont as a Jew.
He says that Belmont is not a Jew, but a Christian, and married to a
Christian woman.
"We do not wonder that they feel insulted. We as Christians are
ashamed that he belongs to our race." (2)

Political Parties / Democratic

Index terms:

Belmont, August; Cleveland PLAIN DEALER

1583

Cleveland Morning Leader, 1 June 1864 (ed; 128 inches) ~ See original
p.2, col.2,3,4 ~ View at ChronAm

1583 - L June 1; ed:2/2-4; 4/3-5 - "Yesterday... was a great day for
politicians. It was the day in which (vide the New York WORLD and -
HERALD, the Chicago TiMES and the Cincinnati ENQUIRER), the greatest
political movement of modern times was to be set on foot, a new party
be formed, and the next President nominated - a day more fatal to
Abraham Lincoln than the Ides of March to Caesar. -- -
"The day certainly passed off with most remarkable quiet. Besides
the arrivals chronicled yesterday, but few made their appearance, and
the convention, for one so widely heralded and anxiously prepared for,
was singularly small in numbers and weak in talent."
The convention inet at eleven o'clock at Chapin's hall. "The two
thousand delegates from Missouri have not been heard from. It is sup-
posed that they stopped at Cincinnati for consultation with the proprietor -
of the ENQUIRER as to the best mode of defeating Lincoln. The two
thousand from New York were similarly missing, and the convention was
in numbers a very slim affair....
"There was also a 'most pleasant lack' of leaders in the convention.
Horace Greeley... was absent, and his absence was regretted by delegates
even more than that of the masses. B. Gratz Brown was also unaccountably
missing, and the convention felt the loss of his active and commanding
intellect. -
"From the first it was evident that there was a secret, but
irrepressible conflict between the friends of General Grant, including
most of the New York delegation and many from the Eastern States, who
were mainly of Democratic antecedents, and those of General Fremont,
composed mainly of the old abolitionists and the radical Germans,
and led by Coionel Moss, of Missouri."
E. Gilbert, president of the New York "Fremont" club, called the
convention to order and immediately nominated ex-Governor Johnston of
Pennsylvania as temporary chairman. Johnston was elected by acclama-
tion. B. H. Brooks of California and S. Wolf of Washington were
chosen secretaries. A committee on permanent organization, of ten
members, was appointed.
The number of delegates attending the convention was so small that
the committee appointed to enroll their names never made its report.
"We believe, however, that there were about one hundred and fifty dele-
gates present, of whom nearly half were from Missouri and wild for
Fremont, and ihe others mainly from New York, Pennsylvania and Illinois."
In addressing the convention, General Cochrane said, in part: "You
assemble here intending to support the army in the field, and at the
same time to organize a great civil army to fight for principles, and
to save for all generations the precious legacy obtained for us by the
sacrifices of the soldiers of the Union. The rebellion, it must be
suppressed; the Union, it must be preserved."
The nomination of Grant "was very faintly cheerei, and it was evident
that the name of the hero of Spottsylvania would pale before that of
the swordless general of New York.
"Nothing would do however, for the St. Louis Germans, who voted not
to recognize God's hand in war, but to nominate Fremont.
"General Fremont was nominated by acclamation.
"The 3,000 delegates, with whom the city was said to swarm yesterday
by the imaginative PLAIN DEALER, cheered heartily over the good work."
General Cochrane was nominated by acclamation for vice president. The
naming of the party was deferred until night when a committee, appointed
in the afternoon, reported the name of the new party to be the Radical
Democracy. Bird B. Chapman represented Ohio on the executive committee,
consisting of 15 members. (128)

Political Parties / Fremontites

Index terms:

Brooks, B. H. (California); California; Chapin's hall; Chapman, Bird B.; Chicago, Ill.; Chicago TIMES; Cincinnati, O.; Cincinnati ENQUIRER; Cleveland PLAIN DEALER; Cochrane, General George; Fremont club; Gilbert, E.; Grant, Gen. U. S.; Greeley, Horace; Illinois; Johnston; Lincoln, Abraham; Mass, Colonel (Mo.); Missouri; New York city; New York HERALD; New York WORLD; Ohio; Pennsylvania; St. Louis, Mo.; Spottsylvania, Va.; Union; Washington, D. C.; Wolf, S. (Washington, D. C.)

1692

Cleveland Morning Leader, 27 August 1864 (ed; 5 inches) ~ See original
p.2, col.1 ~ View at ChronAm

1692 - L. Aug. 27; ed: 2/1 - The chief material Democratic editorials
for some time has been Lincoln's proclamation "To whom it may concern."
He has been denounced for expressing willingness to listen to terms
of peace which should embrace the territorial integrity and freedom
of the whole nation.
Why doesn't the PLAIN DEALER foam and rage about Jeff Davis' mani-
festo "To whom it may concern": "Say to Mr. Lincoln for me that I
shall at any time be pleased to receive proposals for peace on the basis
of our independence. It will be useless to approach me with any other."
(5)

Politics and Government / United States

Index terms:

Cleveland PLAIN DEALER; Davis, Jeff; Democratic press; Lincoln, Abraham

1974

Cleveland Morning Leader, 23 September 1864 (ed; 3 inches) ~ See original
p.2, col.2 ~ View at ChronAm

1974 - L. Sept. 23; ed:2/2 - "We have asked the PLAIN DEALER whether re-
manding the Negroes back into slavery would be a 'proper' term of adjust-
ing our difficulties, but is a question which they see fit to dodge, which
is a cunning thing to do, because a direct answer would involve much
shame." (3)

Slavery

Index terms:

Cleveland PLAIN DEALER

2587

Cleveland Morning Leader, 20 October 1864 (ed; 13 inches) ~ See original
p.2, col.2 ~ View at ChronAm

2587 - L. Oct. 20; ed: 2/2 - Certain parties interested in the success of
the Rebellion have sent petitions from England asking the United States
government to make peace with the South. Over 300,000 names are
attached to it, covering over 700 yards of canvas.
"The tons and language of the petitions are familiar to the WORLD,
the NEWS, the Chicago TIMES, the Cincinnati ENQUIRER, and the PLAIN
DEALER. . . . . . . -- " " . . . .” -
"It was entirely unnecessary for 300,000 Englishmen and Irishmen, , , --
women and children, to send this petition to Governor Seymour. We have
plenty of such talk at home." - - - - . . . . . (13)

Wars / Civil War / Peace

Index terms:

Chicago, Ill.; Chicago TIMES; Cincinnati, O.; Cincinnati ENQUIRER; Cleveland PLAIN DEALER; England; New York NEWS, The; Seymour, Governor; South; WORLD (newspaper)