18 June 1862

Medary, Samuel, 1801-1864

Newspaper

Title: The crisis. [Vol. 2, no. 21 (June 18, 1862)]

Pro-slavery newspaper. The article "Questions Gingerly Touched and Tenderly Asked" harshly criticizes the "Ohio State Journal" for its previous criticism of "the Crisis". Also includes a speech by Samuel S. Cox of Ohio, given at the House of Representatives on June 6, 1862 entitled "Emancipation and its Results-- Is Ohio to be Africanized?" (pages 162-163 and 166). Reports on many news items of local and national importance, as well as advertisements, court cases, and military news.

GLC03442

February 4, 1863

Medary, Samuel, 1801-1864

Newspaper

Title: The crisis. [Vol. 3, no. 2 (February 4, 1863)]

Discussing the military service of African Americans, states "The very act of arming them, of equalizing us with them ... is a lawless, revolutionary act, subversive of all these distinctions of races, which have saved us Anglo-Saxons, Celts, and Teutons of the North from the amalgamation and fraternity of the Latin races of the Southern part of this continent, and which there have been destructive to both." Contains numerous letters to the editor. Includes various articles covering local and national politics, as well as Civil War events. Includes several articles discussing Clement Laird…

GLC08786