253
Cleveland Morning Leader, 25 January 1864
(ed; 3 inches)
~ See original
p.2, col.1
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253 - L. Jan. 25; ed:2/1 - The trouble now perplexing Southern Rebels is
to keep citizens from running away from er:listment in the army. Governor
Smith of Virginia suggests making laws preventing passports from being
given to runaways.
"The Confederate authorities will take good care not to go too far in
legislating on this delicate subject." (3)
Confederacy
Index terms:
Confederacy; Smith William (Gov. of Virginia); U. S. army
254
Cleveland Morning Leader, 27 January 1864
(ed; 8 inches)
~ See original
p.2, col.1
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254 - L Jan. 27; ed: 2/1, 2 - Governor Letcher, who defended the Rebellion,
has subsided into private life and William Smith has been inaugurated.
Governor Smith's inaugural efforts were chiefly devoted to the old stale
fallacies about state rights which have been the bane and destruction of
the South. He claims that from the day of the Constitution to the day of
the Rebellion the South always made concessions to the North.
"He is a cunning Governor and when affairs are so gloomy, he does well
to talk about State rights. Why, Governor Smith, do you not deal with
practical questions of the day?" (8)
Confederacy
Index terms:
Letcher, Gov.; Smith William (Gov. of Virginia); South