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Tag Archives: James Buchanan
Stoical in Springfield
I. 150 years ago this week there was news from Springfield, Illinois about President-elect Abraham Lincoln. He entertained some visitors: SPRINGFIELD, Ill., Sunday, Jan. 13. … Mr. LINCOLN was presented this forenoon with a gold-headed rosewood cane, valued at $250, … Continue reading
More Treason: Georgetown, South Carolina
From The New-York Times January 14, 1861: Disunion Leading the Way. The following paragraph from the Charleston Mercury shows that the Disunionists in South Carolina neither halt nor hesitate in carrying their doctrines to their legitimate results: ARREST FOR TREASON. … Continue reading
New Nation, New Committee Name
From The New-York Times December 22, 1860: AFFAIRS IN CHARLESTON.; HOW SECESSION IS RECEIVED–GEN. CUSHING ON A SPECIAL MISSION. CHARLESTON, Friday, Dec. 21. There was a grand procession of Minute-men to-night, and several thousand citizens, strangers, firemen and military, were … Continue reading
Mail Service in the New South Carolina
As South Carolina’s Secession Convention reconvenes in Charleston, The New-York Times (December 18, 1860) takes a sardonic view of South Carolina’s attempt to set up its own Post Office: WAYS AND MEANS OF SECESSION. A Joint Committee of the South … Continue reading
Ex-President Pierce: Doughface Perspective
In the period leading up to the American Civil War “Doughface” was the disparaging term many Northerners used to describe Northerners who sympathized with the South and its interests. 150 years ago today Congress began its session in the midst … Continue reading
