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