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Showing its Teeth

Summary

Editorial disagreeing with the Hagerstown Mail's assertion that if Bradford is elected governor of MD along with a Unionist legislature then "we shall have Civil War in Maryland..." along with a draft for federal soldiers. Claims the federal government has plenty of volunteer soldiers and that it is the Confederacy that does have a "conscript system."


Article Source

Newspaper: The Herald of Freedom & Torch Light

Publication Date: November 6th, 1861

Page/Column: 2C

Town: Hagerstown, MD

County: Washington

Subjects

  • Politics
  • Civilian Divided Loyalties
  • Civil Liberties

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