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Editorial
September 6, 1863
The Nashville Daily Union
Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee
What is this article about?
Editorial criticizes Copperheads for defending Jefferson Davis's authority by quoting Pollard's history, which describes the Confederate Cabinet as lacking constitutional existence and function, sarcastically suggesting Copperheads live under such a government.
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To those Copperheads who say that Jefferson Davis exercises his authority according to the forms and regulations of law and Constitution, we commend the following paragraph from Pollard's Southern history of the war:
"The Cabinet of President Davis has really no Constitutional existence. It was designed as a check to Executive power: it was intended to cull and collect the wisdom of the country in the management of public affairs; it constitutes the highest and gravest council in our form of government: Certainly not one of these constitutional offices has been fulfilled by the Cabinet of President Davis, and history is forced to confess that the harmony of our government has been deranged by striking from it an important, valuable and essential part. The Cabinet is absolutely dumb or silent. These facts are notorious in the streets of Richmond."
What a nice government. It is a pity the Copperheads are not compelled to live under it.
"The Cabinet of President Davis has really no Constitutional existence. It was designed as a check to Executive power: it was intended to cull and collect the wisdom of the country in the management of public affairs; it constitutes the highest and gravest council in our form of government: Certainly not one of these constitutional offices has been fulfilled by the Cabinet of President Davis, and history is forced to confess that the harmony of our government has been deranged by striking from it an important, valuable and essential part. The Cabinet is absolutely dumb or silent. These facts are notorious in the streets of Richmond."
What a nice government. It is a pity the Copperheads are not compelled to live under it.
What sub-type of article is it?
Partisan Politics
Constitutional
War Or Peace
What keywords are associated?
Copperheads
Jefferson Davis
Confederate Cabinet
Constitutional Existence
Southern History
Civil War
What entities or persons were involved?
Copperheads
Jefferson Davis
President Davis's Cabinet
Pollard
Editorial Details
Primary Topic
Criticism Of Confederate Government And Copperheads
Stance / Tone
Anti Confederate And Anti Copperhead Sarcasm
Key Figures
Copperheads
Jefferson Davis
President Davis's Cabinet
Pollard
Key Arguments
Jefferson Davis's Cabinet Has No Constitutional Existence
Cabinet Fails To Check Executive Power Or Collect Wisdom
Cabinet Does Not Fulfill Constitutional Offices
Government Harmony Deranged By Ineffective Cabinet
Cabinet Is Silent And Facts Notorious In Richmond
Copperheads Should Live Under This Government