Tag Archives: Slavery

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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Like Eating Fish on Friday?

Posted on February 1, 2013 by SUMPTER

150 years ago this week the Dispatch reported on an editorial in The Times of London that compared slavery with some practices of Roman Catholicism – the Bible might frown on some of the activities of each but does not … Continue reading →

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“sublime Christian heroism”

Posted on January 23, 2013 by SUMPTER

150 years ago this week (January 19, 1863) President Lincoln responded to the working-men of Manchester, England, who had written him on New Year’s Eve to commend him for his Emancipation Proclamation and to encourage him to continue the work … Continue reading →

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“practically free by the mere force of circumstances”

Posted on January 14, 2013 by SUMPTER

James Fisher Robinson, governor of the border State of kentucky, opposed President Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation. The following editorial wonders how this could be. Kentucky has lots of troops in the Union military (in fact, “In January 1863, Governor Robinson proudly … Continue reading →

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Thanksgiving near Portsmouth

Posted on November 27, 2012 by SUMPTER

Last week The Civil War 150th Blog compared the official Union and Confederate Thanksgivings in 1862. Presidents Lincoln and Davis were thankful for military victories and proclaimed days of Thanksgiving in April and September respectively. Thanksgiving days were pretty fluid … Continue reading →

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Ebony Idol

Posted on October 22, 2012 by SUMPTER

Racial Politics in the 1862 Elections From a Democrat-oriented Seneca County, New York newspaper in 1862: Abolition and Amalgamation. These beautious and fragrant twins, – offsprings of the Republican party, have taken a fixed position among the political facts of … Continue reading →

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“like the Pope’s bull against the comet!”

Posted on September 14, 2012 by SUMPTER

In this letter dated 150 years ago yesterday President Lincoln admits to some religious folk from Chicago that the question of proclaiming liberty to the slaves “is on my mind, by day and night, more than any other.” But he … Continue reading →

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Cry, Our Beloved Country

Posted on July 4, 2012 by SUMPTER

unHappy Fourth of July! Yesterday the Republican-leaning New-York Times reflected on General McClellan’s retreat from near Richmond and got more fired up for the North to do whatever it took to put down the rebellion. In this editorial a Democrat-leaning … Continue reading →

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“lurking about his wife”

Posted on June 13, 2012 by SUMPTER

From the Richmond Daily Dispatch June 13, 1862: Look out, police and city Guards. –$20 dollars reward will be paid for the recovery of my boy Nat, to whom I gave a pass to visit his wife, near the New … Continue reading →

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Blowing Bubbles

Posted on May 30, 2012 by SUMPTER

People have been blowing bubbles a long time, apparently. You can read a description of the picture’s elements at the Library of Congress

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