Connecticut

288

Cleveland Morning Leader, 14 December 1864 (ed; 11 inches) ~ See original
p.2, col.2 ~ View at ChronAm

288 - L Dec. 14; ed:2/2 - The national boor, Garret Davis of Kentucky,
having abandoned the constitution as it is, propose to amend it, and
has submitted a lot of trash to the U. S. Senate. He proposes that
Maine, Vermont, and New Hampshire shall be run into one state, and
Massachusetts. Connecticut, and Rhode Island into another, etc.; that
the President shall be chosen alternately from the free and slave states;
and that no Negro shall be a citizen of the United States.
"In these three years, the nation has ceased to prattle about division
of power between free and slave states, for it has decided that there shall
be no slave st: tes.... Your amendments, Sir, are incoherent murmurings
of a sleeping dotard and should be treated as such. Cease groping for
the relics of a past which can never be resurrected and open your eyes
to the glorious rising sun and be silent." (11)

Constitutions / Amendments

Index terms:

Connecticut; Davis, Garret (Kentucky); Kentucky; Lincoln, Abraham; Maine; Massachusetts; New Hampshire; Rhode Island; U. S. constitution; U. S. Senate; Vermont

575

Cleveland Morning Leader, 15 March 1864 (ed; 7 inches) ~ See original
p.2, col.1 ~ View at ChronAm

575 - L. Mar. 15; ed: 2/1 - The coming election in Connecticut will show
whether or not Connecticut is still true to the Union. "Although the state
has done well during the war, there have been some of the boldest and vilest
'Copperheads' at work in the midst of the loyal men. Their new candidate,
Origen E. Seymour, is known as a 'Copperhead'.... We trust the loyal men
of that state will administer as decent a burial to the blessed martyr, Origen
E. Seymour, as did Ohio to its political saint. In this death grapple the
Republic, with the hydra, rebellion, the man who is not wholly, entirely for
his country occupies a position no better than an open traitor...." (7)

Elections, Campaigns and Candidates / Connecticut

Index terms:

Connecticut; Ohio; Seymour, Origen E.; Union

633

Cleveland Morning Leader, 26 August 1864 (ed; 13 inches) ~ See original
p.2, col.1 ~ View at ChronAm

633 - L Aug. 26; ed:2/1 - The Chicago P0ST, predicting a very bright future
for McClellan, Fillmore, or Seymour, in case one of them wins in the Chicago
convention, implores the Democracy to nominate a "bold, fearless, and
honest man." The POST also declares that Lincoln's only hope of renomina-
tion lies in "timely and judicious declaration of martial law on election
day in New Jersey, Connecticut, Maryland, Kentucky and Indiana."
LEADER:
"We heartily disagree with the POST and predict that the Union Party
will triumph. Those who count on distraction in its ranks will be sorely
disappointed." (13)

Elections, Campaigns and Candidates / United States

Index terms:

Chicago, Ill.; Chicago POST; Connecticut; Fillmore, Millard; Indiana; Kentucky; Lincoln, Abraham; McClellan, George B.; Maryland; New Jersey; Union party