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Purifying the Union Party

Summary

Editorial: State legislature did not elect Henry W. Davis, a radical Republican, to the U.S. Senate, which angered the editor of the rival Examiner newspaper. The Citizen editorial reviles the Examiner editor, asking who in the legislature should be removed to "purify" the Union Party.


Article Source

Newspaper: The Republican Citizen

Publication Date: March 21st, 1862

Page/Column: 2B

Town: Frederick, MD

County: Frederick

Subjects

  • Secession Debate
  • Politics

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