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Tag Archives: Democratic platform 1864
big purses
Despite the manpower shortage, rotten weather, and the annoying “Yankee invasion”, 150 years ago this week residents of Richmond could look forward to horse races at a local track. Apparently jockeys were exempt from the Confederate draft. From the Richmond … Continue reading
heads game
From The New-York Times October 24, 1864: … MR. PENDLETON VISITS NEW YORK. Mr. PENDLETON, Democratic candidate for Vice-President, left Cincinnati incognito last Thursday, on a visit to the East. He was in Philadelphia yesterday, and to-morrow will reach New … Continue reading
attracting a crowd
fireworks by the bay 150 years ago this week politics was a major topic out in the Far West. The September 9, 1864 issue of San Francisco’s Daily Alta California featured side by side coverage of a couple political rallies … Continue reading
forked tongue acceptance?
From the Richmond Daily Dispatch September 13, 1864: M’Clellan’s letter of Acceptance — he is for the Union as the only basis for peace. The following is the letter of General McClellan to the committee announcing his nomination for the … Continue reading
Pollyanna platform
The Democratic platform boils down to the call for a convention of all the states that will magically end the war and re-unite the nation. From the Richmond Daily Dispatch September 5, 1864: A Republican view of the platform. [From … Continue reading
peace as soon as practicable
although, maybe not on the floor of the Democrat convention On the second day, the Democratic convention in Chicago adopted its platform for the 1864 campaign. The chairman of the convention, New York Governor Horatio Seymour, opened the day with … Continue reading