Tag Archives: Horatio Seymour

“counties bounties”, &c.

Posted on February 26, 2014 by SUMPTER

From a Seneca County, New York newspaper in February 1864: What it Costs New York to Raise Men for the Army. From the report of LOCKWOOD L.DOTY, Chief of Military Statistics, recently sent into the Assembly, may be obtained some … Continue reading →

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objects lesson

Posted on January 1, 2014 by SUMPTER

In the first month of the new year a conservative editorial from a Democrat paper in the Finger Lakes region of New York State objected to what it saw as the war aims of the Lincoln administration -emancipation, increasing national … Continue reading →

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stop the misconstruction

Posted on October 4, 2013 by SUMPTER

Last fall New York State elected Democrat Horatio Seymour as governor. Here the Republican-leaning New York Times sees the approaching election for members of the state legislature and for state-wide offices like comptroller as an opportunity for New York to … Continue reading →

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Calling on every man

Posted on June 24, 2013 by SUMPTER

From a Seneca County, New York newspaper in June 1863: The National Guard. Gov. SEYMOUR’s recent order for the organization of the National Guard of the State, in accordance with the law passed by the Legislature of 1861, may be … Continue reading →

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It must be an emergency …

Posted on June 17, 2013 by SUMPTER

… Governor wants to cut red-tape New York was not mentioned in President Lincoln’s call for 100,000 militia to help stave off the Confederate invasion, but somehow or another New York authorities got the word. In a repeat of the … 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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Absent Without a Vote

Posted on April 18, 2013 by SUMPTER

I guess it really is going to be a long war. Here’s an editorial by a Republican-leaning paper urging the New York state government to do whatever it took to let soldiers “vote by proxy” for the 1864 elections. From … Continue reading →

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boom! boom!

Posted on November 5, 2012 by admin

Get the gun out! On November 4, 1862, election day in many states, the Democrat party enjoyed good results in New York state, most notably with the election of Horatio Seymour as governor. Here’s a couple clippings from one or … Continue reading →

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Mobilizing the base

Posted on October 31, 2012 by SUMPTER

November 4, 1862 was election day in New York State. Here a Democrat-oriented newspaper is firing up its readers for the final few days of the campaign. From a Seneca County, New York newspaper in 1862: Onward! Right Onward! FELLOW … Continue reading →

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Unconditionally prostrate

Posted on October 30, 2012 by SUMPTER

Son of the South provides an excellent service by hosting the digitized Harper’s Weekly from 1861-65. Here’s a couple political cartoons published in the October 25, 1862 issue. They comment on the upcoming election for New York State governor on … Continue reading →

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