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Domestic News
February 20, 1863
Bellows Falls Times
Bellows Falls, Windham County, Vermont
What is this article about?
John Van Buren shifts from leniency toward rebels to supporting the war until they are defeated, surprising Democrats at a recent meeting and prompting threats of expulsion from the party.
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John Van Buren has given the rebels a severe kick. Last fall he was lenient toward them, at a later day he sent them propositions for peace and reconstruction. These the rebels utterly refused, and Prince John takes it in high dudgeon, and at a democratic meeting the other night he surprised them all by going in for the war till the rebels were put down. He didn't seem even to have tenderness about slavery. The rest of the old democratic snakes were perfectly dumbfounded, and of course are preparing to read him out of the democratic party.
What sub-type of article is it?
Politics
What keywords are associated?
John Van Buren
Democratic Meeting
Rebels
Civil War
Party Expulsion
What entities or persons were involved?
John Van Buren
Domestic News Details
Event Date
The Other Night
Key Persons
John Van Buren
Outcome
democrats preparing to read him out of the democratic party
Event Details
John Van Buren, previously lenient toward rebels and offering peace propositions which were refused, expressed strong support for the war at a democratic meeting, showing no tenderness about slavery, dumbfounding other Democrats.