Traitors
Summary
The editor of the Citizen called Charles Sumner and Thaddeus Stevens traitors much to the amusement of the Examiner. While the Examiner cannot agree with those Radicals, it says they shouldn't be called traitors as they always supported the Union during the war. President Johnson had labeled both men "traitors" but for different reasons. The Citizen never used the term "traitor" for those who supported the South during the war. "It is an idle expenditure of words to call Union men traitors and in the next breath hold up whipped rebels and their assassin sympathizers as 'the best men of the community.'"
Article Source
Newspaper: The Frederick Examiner
Publication Date: March 28th, 1866
Page/Column: 2A
Town: Frederick, MD
County: Frederick
Subjects
- Aftermath of War / Reconstruction
- Politics
