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A Infamous Label (June 15th, 1866)
>From The Valley Register; Middletown, MD
Summary: The Valley Register criticizes the Hagerstown Mail for its allegation that the "Tunker" church requires male members, black and white, to kiss each other on meeting. The Mail's editor, it says, once a rebel sympathizer, is now a supporter of the Johnson party.
Full DetailsMass Meeting (June 15th, 1866)
>From The Republican Citizen; Frederick, MD
Summary: Notice of the Grand Mass Meeting to be held in Frederick in support of Johnson's policy of reconstruction and in opposition to Negro suffrage and equality.
Full DetailsTraitors (June 15th, 1866)
>From The Republican Citizen; Frederick, MD
Summary: Editorial claiming that, if the South would consent to "universal negro suffrage," the Abolitionists would let the South be represented in Congress and approve a general amnesty, including release of Jeff Davis from Fortress Monroe.
Full DetailsFreedmen's Bureau (June 20th, 1866)
>From The Herald and Torch Light; Hagerstown, MD
Summary: The “rebel press” disparages the Freedman’s Bureau as a political machine which uses the tax dollars of whites to “feed, clothe, and educate the lazy negroes.” But in fact the Bureau protects emancipated slaves from those who would harm them, sees that they are hired out and receive their wages, and provides for old and crippled blacks who were driven off their former plantations. It also provides for impoverished whites and takes charge of abandoned plantations.
Full DetailsKeep it before the People (June 21st, 1866)
>From The American Sentinel; Westminster, MD
Summary: The issue in the upcoming election is not "Negro suffrage" but whether rebels and rebel sympathizers will be allowed to vote. Union men are urged to choose the right side.
Full DetailsThe Negro Question (June 22nd, 1866)
>From The Republican Citizen; Frederick, MD
Summary: Editorial attacking "rampant, fanatical Abolitionism" for forcing Negro suffrage and social equality on the nation.
Full DetailsThe Mass Meeting (June 27th, 1866)
>From The Frederick Examiner; Frederick, MD
Summary: The recent Johnson Club meeting in the city shows that the real purpose of the club is to bring about the repeal of the Registry Law. The cheering of former Confederates shows that the club is composed of many former Confederate soldiers and their supporters. Many others joined the clubs in opposition to negro suffrage, but have since left it after discovering its true object. One wing of the club supports the Registry Law, while the other opposes it. All profess opposition to negro suffrage.
Full DetailsUrbana District Club (June 27th, 1866)
>From The Frederick Examiner; Frederick, MD
Summary: On June 23, (1866) a meeting of the Unconditional Union Party was held in Urbana. The assembly agreed to form an Unconditional Union Club as recommended by the Central Committee of Frederick, called the Unconditional Union Club of Urbana District No. 7. Those present professed support for the Reconstruction Policy of Congress and opposition to “rebel suffrage” and negro suffrage. Officers were Thomas A. Smith, president; Zachariah G. Harris, vice president; William H. Peters, secretary; and John W. Shaw, treasurer.
Full DetailsKeep it before the People (June 28th, 1866)
>From The American Sentinel; Westminster, MD
Summary: Repeat of Republican position that the issue at stake in the upcoming election is not "Negro suffrage" but whether the Registry law will be abandoned and the "rebels" allowed to vote.
Full DetailsUnconditional Union Men (June 29th, 1866)
>From The Republican Citizen; Frederick, MD
Summary: Editorial condemning the Unconditional Union party for its switch from defending the Union during the war to its present advocacy of disunion and debasement of the white race to the level of the Negro.
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