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Misrepresentation (March 7th, 1866)
>From The Frederick Examiner; Frederick, MD
Summary: Examiner claims that the National Intelligencer misrepresented the proceedings of the late mass meeting held in Frederick City; the Examiner. It then clarifies what occurred during the mass meeting - that it was attended by the most respectable men in Frederick Co. and that cheers were not uttered for Wade and Sumner but for Johnson and Seward.
Full DetailsPublic Opinion (March 8th, 1866)
>From The Democratic Advocate; Westminster, MD
Summary: The author holds that Maryland “hated the extremes of both sides” before the war, but people were easily swayed by feelings rather than reason
Full DetailsThe Freedmen's Bureau (March 8th, 1866)
>From The Democratic Advocate; Westminster, MD
Summary: President Johnson vetoed a bill that would have extended the Freedmen’s Bureau
Full DetailsThe Radical Campaign Against the President (March 8th, 1866)
>From The Democratic Advocate; Westminster, MD
Summary: Radical Republicans have opened "a vigorous and practical campaign" against President Andrew Johnson
Full DetailsFanatics (March 8th, 1866)
>From The American Sentinel; Westminster, MD
Summary: The Sentinel criticizes the Democrats' hostility to "Negro equality" given the widespread evidence of racial mixing between "the chivalry" of the South and their colored people..
Full DetailsUnion Central Committee (March 9th, 1866)
>From The Valley Register; Middletown, MD
Summary: The Union Central Committee of Frederick County will meet at the courthouse in Frederick.
Full DetailsThe work of constructing the Washington County… (March 9th, 1866)
>From The Valley Register; Middletown, MD
Summary: Construction has begun on the Washington County Railroad, to run from a point on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad to Hagerstown. It is expected to be completed within a year.
Full DetailsProscription (March 9th, 1866)
>From The Republican Citizen; Frederick, MD
Summary: The Republican Citizen continues to attack the Frederick Examiner's editor for his stance on the Koontz/Conley affair.
Full DetailsCentral Committee (March 9th, 1866)
>From The Republican Citizen; Frederick, MD
Summary: The Republican Citizen questions why the Union Central Committee is calling a meeting when there is no election in the offing.
Full DetailsRobberies (March 9th, 1866)
>From The Republican Citizen; Frederick, MD
Summary: Several robberies have occurred in and around Frederick and the Republican Citizen believes that they are the work of freedmen, many of whom are "living in idleness."
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