Tag Archives: Clement Vallandigham

Assassinated?

Posted on May 21, 2013 by SUMPTER

A military tribunal sentenced Clement Laird Vallandigham to prison at Fort Warren for the duration of the war at his trial in early May 1863 on charges of treasonous, anti-war speech. Apparently, the Lincoln administration was concerned about the political … Continue reading →

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Not Abe’s Australia

Posted on May 20, 2013 by SUMPTER

Northern Democrats were extremely indignant over the arrest, trial, and sentencing of Clement Vallandigham. As the Lincoln administration worked out what to do with the troublesome Copperhead, Southerners also became indignant. The Confederacy wasn’t about to become a dumping ground … Continue reading →

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Indignation Meetings

Posted on May 16, 2013 by SUMPTER

On May 5, 1863 Clement Vallandigham was arrested in Ohio for expressing disloyal opinions for the purpose of weakening the Union war effort. It is written that after his trial on May 6th and 7th Vallandigham “was sentenced to confinement … Continue reading →

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breathing and burning from prison

Posted on May 6, 2013 by SUMPTER

On May 1, 1863 Ohio Peace Democrats held a meeting in Mount Vernon, Ohio to express opposition to General Ambrose Burnside’s General Order No. 38. As commander of the Department of the Ohio, Burnside outlawed “the habit of declaring sympathy … Continue reading →

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“Sedition made Easy”

Posted on March 14, 2013 by SUMPTER

This attack on traitorous Copperheads has a good summary of the Constitutional justification for the three laws passed by the 37th Congress that gave a great deal of power to the Executive branch. From The New-York Times March 11, 1863: … Continue reading →

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Can’t win for orating

Posted on February 8, 2013 by SUMPTER

A different manifest destiny: “America, like the Old World, is to be settled by many nations.” Clement Vallandigham and his fellow Peace Democrats were criticized in much of the North for being de facto agents of disunion, because the South … Continue reading →

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Black and White

Posted on February 4, 2013 by SUMPTER

A pro-Union editorial saying that Northerners who propose compromise and peace are really supporting Disunion because the South is never going to willingly rejoin the Union, with or without guarantees for slavery. Because the Administration has settled on its anti-slavery … Continue reading →

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Uncompromising

Posted on December 7, 2012 by SUMPTER

From The New-York Times December 8, 1862: TO THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. … MR. STEVENS’ RESOLUTION. NAVAL ORDERS. WASHINGTON, Sunday, Dec. 7 … The resolution of Representative STEVENS, denouncing as guilty of a high crime any person in the Executive or … Continue reading →

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Blues’ Band in Baltimore

Posted on August 10, 2011 by SUMPTER

Serenading Breckinridge and Vallandigham From The New-York Times August 10, 1861: LIVELY TIME IN BALTIMORE.; MR. BRECKINRIDGE NOT ALLOWED TO SPEAK. BALTIMORE, Thursday, Aug. 8. Messrs. BRECKINRIDGE and VALLANDIGHAM partook of a grand dinner at the Eutaw House last evening, … Continue reading →

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Clement V: Peace Now!

Posted on July 11, 2011 by SUMPTER

On July 11, 1861 The New-York Times reported on a speech given in the U.S. House of Representatives by Ohio Representative Clement Vallandigham. The speech occurred during a debate on a bill to finance the military and/or a bill dealing … Continue reading →

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