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Editorial
August 31, 1866
Bedford Inquirer
Bedford, Bedford County, Pennsylvania
What is this article about?
Editorial sarcastically critiques a Gazette piece celebrating post-Civil War peace and reunion, highlighting ongoing murders and ostracism of Union men in Southern cities like Memphis and New Orleans, accusing it of Copperhead sympathies.
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PEACE! PEACE!
"The arts of peace will once more be cultivated from the Kennebec to the Rio Grande, without one interrupting jar from the rude hand of military power. Oh! God of Peace and Love! Thanks be to that beneficent and merciful Providence which has delivered us from anarchy, war and death! Thanks be to that Power Who alone can make our national re-union permanent and to Whom we now address our prayer for unity, harmony and fraternity among the people!"-Gazette, Aug. 24th 1866.
Vide MEMPHIS, NEW ORLEANS and the murdering and ostracizing of Union men throughout all portions of the South. None but a Copperhead could thank the "God of Peace and Love!" for such atrocities!
"The arts of peace will once more be cultivated from the Kennebec to the Rio Grande, without one interrupting jar from the rude hand of military power. Oh! God of Peace and Love! Thanks be to that beneficent and merciful Providence which has delivered us from anarchy, war and death! Thanks be to that Power Who alone can make our national re-union permanent and to Whom we now address our prayer for unity, harmony and fraternity among the people!"-Gazette, Aug. 24th 1866.
Vide MEMPHIS, NEW ORLEANS and the murdering and ostracizing of Union men throughout all portions of the South. None but a Copperhead could thank the "God of Peace and Love!" for such atrocities!
What sub-type of article is it?
War Or Peace
Partisan Politics
What keywords are associated?
Post Civil War Peace
Union Men Violence
Copperheads
Memphis Riots
New Orleans Violence
Southern Atrocities
What entities or persons were involved?
Gazette
Copperheads
Union Men
Memphis
New Orleans
South
Editorial Details
Primary Topic
Critique Of False Post Civil War Peace Claims
Stance / Tone
Strongly Critical And Sarcastic
Key Figures
Gazette
Copperheads
Union Men
Memphis
New Orleans
South
Key Arguments
Proclaimed Peace Ignores Ongoing Violence Against Union Men In The South
Murders And Ostracism In Memphis And New Orleans Contradict Reunion
Only A Copperhead Would Praise God For Such Atrocities