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Editorial
November 30, 1861
Weekly Trinity Journal
Weaverville, Trinity County, California
What is this article about?
Editorial comments on a rumor reported by Mooney's Express of rebels threatening to hang Federal prisoners like Corcoran in retaliation for privateers' execution, warning that if carried out, it would erode sympathy for the rebel cause and provoke global indignation, deepening Northern hostility.
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Effect Of Retaliation.—Mooney's Express says, speaking of the threatened hanging of Corcoran and other Federal prisoners, in retaliation for the expected execution of the privateers: We cannot tell how much truth there is in this rumor—for it does not come to us in an authentic shape—but if it should turn out to be true, and if the horrid threat be executed, it will do more than anything that has yet occurred to turn away all sympathy from the rebel cause. It will excite indignation throughout the civilized world, and tend to make the hostility of the North more deep and deadly than it has heretofore been.
What sub-type of article is it?
War Or Peace
What keywords are associated?
Retaliation
Hanging Prisoners
Federal Prisoners
Rebel Cause
Sympathy
Indignation
Northern Hostility
What entities or persons were involved?
Mooney's Express
Corcoran
Federal Prisoners
Privateers
Rebels
North
Editorial Details
Primary Topic
Rumor Of Rebel Retaliation By Hanging Federal Prisoners
Stance / Tone
Condemnation Of Rebel Threat As Sympathy Losing And Indignation Provoking
Key Figures
Mooney's Express
Corcoran
Federal Prisoners
Privateers
Rebels
North
Key Arguments
Rumor Of Hanging Federal Prisoners In Retaliation Lacks Authentic Confirmation
If Executed, It Would Turn Away All Sympathy From The Rebel Cause
Such An Act Would Excite Indignation Throughout The Civilized World
It Would Deepen And Intensify Northern Hostility Beyond Previous Levels