U. S. constitution

285

Cleveland Morning Leader, 17 February 1864 (ed; 12 inches) ~ See original
p.2, col.1 ~ View at ChronAm

285 - L. Feb. 17; ed: 2/1 - Sumner offers the following amendments to the
Constitution of the United States: That Congress he authorized to make
laws to enforce the prohibition of slavery; that representation and
direct taxes shall be apportioned among the states of the Union; to
abolish the provision that a person held to service in one state and
escaping to another state shall by law be returned to the first state.
"We are glad to know that these amendments are to be received by Con- .
gress. Let slavery now receive its quietus." (12)

Constitutions / Amendments

Index terms:

*Amendments, Constitutional; *Constitutions; Sumner, Charles; U. S. Congress; U. S. constitution

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

289

Cleveland Morning Leader, 13 October 1864 (ed; 3 inches) ~ See original
p.2, col.2 ~ View at ChronAm

289 - L. Oct. 13; ed:2/2 - If the constitution, framed at Annapolis, is
adopted, it places Maryland alongside of the free states of the North.
It prohibits slavery, and compensates masters whose slaves are made free
by the Constitution; it prohibits lotteries and provides that no person
who has assisted the Rebellion shall hold office, or vote, unless par-
doned by a two-thirds vote of the members of the assembly. "It is a
vigorously and wisely framed constitution, and will bring Maryland into
the fold of Free States." (3)

Constitutions / Maryland

Index terms:

Annapolis, Md.; Maryland; North; U. S. constitution

594

Cleveland Morning Leader, 13 October 1864 (ed; 3 inches) ~ See original
p.2, col.2 ~ View at ChronAm

594 - L. Oct. 13; ed: 2/2 - Ohio redeems herself magnificently by electing
16 congressmen. If gains in other states equal this we shall have a fine
working majority for the next two years. The movement for abolition of
slavery by constitutional amendment will not fail in that event. "Thanks
be to God for victory over men who have so long falsely represented our
noble state." (3)

Elections, Campaigns and Candidates / Ohio

Index terms:

Ohio; U. S. constitution

1170

Cleveland Morning Leader, 12 April 1864 (39 inches) ~ See original
p.4, col.4 ~ View at ChronAm

1170 - L. Apr. 12:4/4, 5 - At the annual meeting of the Cleveland Library
association, the following officers were elected: President, H. B.
Tuttle; vice president, D. Tilden; recording secretary, L. F. Mellon,
and four other officers. The library has purchased 477 volumes at a cost
of $532.67. There have been 82 volumes of magazines and periodicals
bound at an expense of $59.88, and 147 volumes rebound at the cost of
$46.44. The committee acknowledged B. F. Peixotto's gift of 500 copies
in pamphlet form, of the constitution and by-laws of the association,
at his own expense, for the use of each member. -
The financial exhibit of 16 lectures given at the library, is as
follows:
Received $2217.10
Expense $1674.33
Net Profit -$542.77
The lecture season has been a complete success. - - (39)

Libraries and Librarians

Index terms:

Cleveland Library association; Mellon, L. F.; Peixotto, B. F.; Tilden, Judge D.; Tuttle, H. B.; U. S. constitution

1526

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

1526 - L June 1; ed:2/2 - The New York NEWS says: "The Democrats are
those who believe in the sacred and iral ienable right of sovereign states
to rule themselves. War Democrats are men who utterly repudiate the sov-
ereignty of states.
"If War Democracy has nothing better to propose than this, the people of
the states will very shortly see the difference between such pitiful
hypocrisy and the good old Democracy of Jefferson and Jackson. We prefer
the Constitution as it was, with the Union as it is." (5)

Political Parties / Democratic

Index terms:

Jackson, General Andrew; Jefferson, Thomas; New York city; New York NEWS, The; Union; U. S. constitution

1541

Cleveland Morning Leader, 21 July 1864 (11 inches) ~ See original
p.2, col.1 ~ View at ChronAm

1541 - L July 21:2/1 - Democratic congressman of Pennsylvania, Ohio, and
Indiana issued a manifesto written by Senator Buckalew of Pennsylvania.
The charges, among other things, are that the government interfered with
clections. They denounced conscription and the bounty system, regarded
the government as oppressive, insecure, and corrupt, and demanded that the
races should be kept unmixed.
The sum of the whole matter is: "The defeat of Mr. Lincoln removes the
main obstacle to reunion and restores at once the jusst rule of the Constitu-
tion over the adhering states. This analysis speaks for itself." (11)

Political Parties / Democratic

Index terms:

Bucklew, Senator (Pa.); Indiana; Lincoln, Abraham; Ohio; Pennsylvania; U. S. constitution

1562

Cleveland Morning Leader, 12 September 1864 (19 inches) ~ See original
p.4, col.4 ~ View at ChronAm

1562 - L. Sept. 12:4/4 - A grand rally was held in the National hall
Sept. 10 by the Democrats. A small crowd of "Copperheads" attended.
"Of its soundness on all Copperhead principles there could be no doubt,
from the cheering at every argument for peace, and every sneer for the
'n****r' soldiers." The "Temperance" band was there, and being more
loyal than the crowd, played "The Star Spangled Banner" and "The Red
White and Blue."
The meeting was opened by a series of resolutions which started with
a denunciation of the present administration, and declared that their
only hope lies in a change of administration. Another resolution de-
clared that the object of the war sluould be the "Union as it was and
the constitution as it is." The resolutions were unanimously adopted.
(19)

Political Parties / Democratic

Index terms:

Copperheads; National hall; "Red White and Blue, The" (song); "Star Spangled Banner" (song); Union; U. S. constitution

1587

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

1587 - L. June 3; ed: 2/1 - Article 12, Sec. 1, of the amendment of the
constitution proposed at the Fremont convention says: "The electors
shall meet in their respective states and vote by ballot for president
and vice president, one of whom at least shall not be inhabitant of
the same state with themselves." -
"Cochrane and Fremont are both of New York, and in the event of
their carrying their own state, the electors on their ticket would have
to take their choice between the two, being constitutionally disqualified
from voting for both." (4)

Political Parties / Fremontites

Index terms:

Cochrane, General George; Fremont, General John C.; New York; U. S. constitution

1634

Cleveland Morning Leader, 19 November 1864 (ed; 16 inches) ~ See original
p.2, col.1 ~ View at ChronAm

1634 - L Nov. 19; ed:2/1 - The only obstacle in the way of abolishing
slavery in the South is the stubborn and unreasonable will of the wicked
leaders, concealing their objections to one Union under the plea that the
idea of state sovereignty is an essential docirine of the constitution.
The people of the North will never consent to the doctrine to let a
state secede whenever it may see fit. They will pursue it until it is
annihilated. If the government shall offer peace and reunion to the
South with the condition that slavery be removed, and leaders refuse
acquiescence, it would result in the pursuance of the Rebellion with
more fury than ever. (16)

Politics and Government

Index terms:

North; South; U. S. constitution

1780

Cleveland Morning Leader, 29 September 1864 (ed; 3 inches) ~ See original
p.2, col.2 ~ View at ChronAm

1780 - L. Sept. 29; ed:2/2 - "All that is necessary to peace, is that
the Rebels shall render unconditional obedience to the laws of the Con-
stitution. They must abide the consequences the war has brought upon
them, and not expect to be indemnified for any losses brought upon them-
sleves by the Rebellion." (3)

Reconstruction

Index terms:

U. S. constitution

1973

Cleveland Morning Leader, 19 August 1864 (ed; 4 inches) ~ See original
p.2, col.2 ~ View at ChronAm

1973 - L. Aug. 19; ed: 2/2 - The editor of the WORLD has proclaimed him-
self an abolitionist, but when chided about it, declared that every man
has the right to be an abolitionist under the constitution and says the
South never denied it. He also claims that the efforts made by the free
states to abolish slavery were antagonistic.
He also declares that he has been in favor of modifying the fugitive
slave law, but "judging from his editorial opinions nowadays, it cer-
tainly does not look much like it." (4)

Slavery

Index terms:

South; U. S. constitution; U. S. fugitive slave law; WORLD (newspaper)

1976

Cleveland Morning Leader, 23 November 1864 (ed; 9 inches) ~ See original
p.2, col.2 ~ View at ChronAm

1976 - L Nov. 23; ed: 2/2 - In order forever to set at rest the questicn
of slavery, the proposition will likely come up at the national Congress
to abolish slavery, according to the method prescribed by the Constitu-
tion.
"Who can doubt that before Lincoln's term is half through, he will
preside over a nation in whose laws and Constitution, human slavery is
not recognized." (9)

Slavery

Index terms:

Lincoln, Abraham; U. S. Congress; U. S. constitution

2289

Cleveland Morning Leader, 25 August 1864 (ed; 17 inches) ~ See original
p.2, col.1 ~ View at ChronAm

2289 - L. Aug. 25; ed:2/1 - "Copperheads" are circulating petitions try-
ing to male the impression that the war was brought about by abolition-
ists, and inferring that Daniel Webster declared that "if abolitionists
get power in their hands, they will over-ride the constitution, change
and make laws to suit themselves, bankrupt the country, and deluge it
with blood."
"Webster made no such remarks, and to publish such a piece of lying
nonsense is a vile slander upon the memory of that great man."
Events that occurred before the inauguration of Lincoln show that
he war was started by Southern slave holders. Jeff Davis gave orders
to General Beaureguard to commence the war by firing on Fort Sumter, -
and then undertook to capture Washington. (17)

Wars / Civil War

Index terms:

Beaureguard, Gen. P. G. T.; Copperheads; Davis, Jeff; Fort Sumter, S. C.; U. S. constitution; Washington, D. C.; Webster, Daniel

2350

Cleveland Morning Leader, 3 February 1864 (ed; 106 inches) ~ See original
p.2, col.2 ~ View at ChronAm

2350 - L. Feb. 3; ed: 2/2, 6 - In his Congressional speech on confiscation
of Confederate property, the Ilon. James A. Garfield declared that such
confiscation was justified by the action of the South. He said in part:
"When the government of the United States declared that we were in
a state of war, the rebel states came under the laws of war. By their
acts of rebellion they swept away every vestige of their civil and polit-
ical rights under the constitution of the United States. Their obli-
gations still remained, but the reciprocal rights which usually accompany
obligations, they had forfeited.
"The question then lies open before us: In a state of war, is this
resolution legal and politic?
"I remember to have said to a friend when I entered the army, 'You
hate slavery; so do I; but I hate disunion more. Let us drop the
slavery question and fight to sustain the Union."
"Mr. Speaker, I am surprised and amazed beyond measure at what I have
seen in this House. Having been so long with men who had but one
thought upon these great themes, it is passing strange to me to hear
men talking of the old discussions of a few years ago. They forget
that a nation sometimes may live a generation into a single year and
the experience of the last three years has been greater than that of
centuries of peace and quiet.
"If we want peace that is not a hollow peace, we must make thorough
work of this war. We must establish freedom in the midst of servitude,
and the authority of law in the midst of rebellion. We must fill the
ranks of our armies, assure them that a grateful and loving people are
behind them and they will go down against the enemy bearing with them
the majesty and might of a great nation.
"The war began by proclamation and it must end by proclamation."
Mr. Garfield's speech cuts so directly down to the heart of the whole
question of confiscation that our readers will be glad to read it. It
has been spoken of as the most effective speech made in Congress this
session." (106)

Wars / Civil War / Confiscation

Index terms:

Confederacy; *Confiscation (Civil War); Garfield, Maj. Gen. J. A.; South; Union; U. S. Congress; U. S. constitution; U. S. House of Representatives