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Treason, Treason (March 30th, 1866)
>From The Republican Citizen; Frederick, MD
Summary: The Citizen reports that someone in the Examiner office cried "Damn Andrew Johnson, the damned traitor" on hearing of his veto of the Civil Rights bill.
Full DetailsAnother Veto (March 30th, 1866)
>From The Republican Citizen; Frederick, MD
Summary: The Republican Citizen praises President Johnson for vetoing the Civil Rights Bill and thereby denying Negroes the rights of citizenship.
Full DetailsGens. Lee & Jackson (March 30th, 1866)
>From The Republican Citizen; Frederick, MD
Summary: S.B. Corbaly, of Frederick, is the local agent for sale of chromo portraits ofGens. Lee and Jackson.
Full DetailsRemains Removed (March 30th, 1866)
>From The Republican Citizen; Frederick, MD
Summary: The remains of Col. Lamar, a Confederate officer killed at the battle of Monocacy, have been disinterred by Mr. Schroder and sent to his home in the South.
Full DetailsSave the Party - Save the Democratic Principles (March 30th, 1866)
>From The Republican Citizen; Frederick, MD
Summary: The Republican Citizen encourages readers to save the Democratic party and "never surrender the Democratic Principles."
Full DetailsArrested (April 4th, 1866)
>From The Frederick Examiner; Frederick, MD
Summary: Former Confederate soldier Bradley T. Johnson was arrested last week in Baltimore for treason. He was taken before Judge Giles of the U.S. District Court and released after posting $20,000 bail, half of which he provided from his own resources. Johnson sought his release under the terms of a parole obtained from Gen. Grant, but the Court was unable to act on it at that time. Suggests that the amount Johnson provided toward his bail was obtained from the $200,000 ransom the Confederates took from Frederick in July 1864.
Full DetailsAt a meeting last week… (April 4th, 1866)
>From The Frederick Examiner; Frederick, MD
Summary: A meeting was held in Chestertown by the Copperheads, rebel sympathizers, and returned rebels, all of Kent County, urging that a convention be held in Baltimore or Frederick to appeal the current unfair Registry Law. Examiner states it hopes Frederick will not be the site of a meeting. "The people of this city are sick and tired of rebel meetings" and don't want a concentration of them meeting even overnight in Frederick.
Full DetailsVeto of the Civil Rights Bill (April 5th, 1866)
>From The Democratic Advocate; Westminster, MD
Summary: A reprint of Andrew Johnson's speech after vetoing the Civil Rights Bill on March 27, 1866
Full DetailsThe Irrepressible Conflict (April 5th, 1866)
>From The Democratic Advocate; Westminster, MD
Summary: The editor blames the start of the Civil War on Lincoln and Seward’s discourse and also claims that during the thirteen years he served as Register of Wills in Carroll County roughly three-fourths of slave owners’ wills emancipated their slaves; such a pattern throughout the state would have seen Maryland organically become a free state
Full DetailsImportant Proclamation (April 5th, 1866)
>From The Democratic Advocate; Westminster, MD
Summary: The editor supports Johnson's vetoes of the bills introduced by Radical Republicans
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