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Letter to Editor
August 9, 1862
Daily Intelligencer
Wheeling, Ohio County, West Virginia
What is this article about?
In a letter from Martinsville, Ohio, dated Aug. 7, M.B.D. proposes that governors convene state legislatures to pass a bill requiring voters to take an oath of allegiance to the Union, ensuring loyalty amid the Civil War and countering advantages to secession sympathizers like Vallandigham's party while Union soldiers are away fighting.
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MARTINSVILLE, O., Aug. 7.
Editors Intelligencer:
At this crisis, when positive and rigorous action is required, and elections come off this fall, would it not be advisable for the Governors of each State (particularly this State) to convene their Legislatures for special legislation, recommending to them a bill requiring every man to take the oath of allegiance, and be true to the Union before his vote shall be received? I think that strict justice requires that something should be done, as so many of our Union men are in the battle field and away from their election precincts, gives the traitor Vallandigham's party an advantage that they should not be allowed to have without taking the oath of allegiance and then let them swallow all together. Our true and loyal soldiers take the oath when entering the army, and why not compel secession sympathizers to do the same before voting.
M. B. D.
Editors Intelligencer:
At this crisis, when positive and rigorous action is required, and elections come off this fall, would it not be advisable for the Governors of each State (particularly this State) to convene their Legislatures for special legislation, recommending to them a bill requiring every man to take the oath of allegiance, and be true to the Union before his vote shall be received? I think that strict justice requires that something should be done, as so many of our Union men are in the battle field and away from their election precincts, gives the traitor Vallandigham's party an advantage that they should not be allowed to have without taking the oath of allegiance and then let them swallow all together. Our true and loyal soldiers take the oath when entering the army, and why not compel secession sympathizers to do the same before voting.
M. B. D.
What sub-type of article is it?
Persuasive
Political
What themes does it cover?
Politics
Constitutional Rights
What keywords are associated?
Oath Of Allegiance
Voting Loyalty
Civil War Elections
Vallandigham Party
Secession Sympathizers
Union Soldiers
What entities or persons were involved?
M. B. D.
Editors Intelligencer
Letter to Editor Details
Author
M. B. D.
Recipient
Editors Intelligencer
Main Argument
governors should convene legislatures to require an oath of allegiance before voting to ensure union loyalty, preventing advantages to secession sympathizers like vallandigham's party while union soldiers are at war.
Notable Details
References Vallandigham's Party As Traitors
Compares To Soldiers' Oath Upon Entering The Army
Emphasizes Justice For Absent Union Men