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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC08707 |
| From Archive Folder | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1863 |
| Title | The truth from an honest man: the letter of the President |
| Date | 1863 |
| Author | Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865) |
| Document Type | Pamphlet |
| Content Description | "… (title continued) President Lincoln's Views." President Lincoln's views on the principles involved in the Clement Vallandigham case. Prints correspondence between Lincoln and Erastus Corning in relation to a Democratic meeting held at Albany, New York 16 May 1863, called to protest the arrest and expulsion of Vallandigham based on the freedom of speech. Corning presided over the meeting. Includes the resolutions adopted at that meeting, and Lincoln's reply to Corning on 12 June 1863. Printed by King & Baird Printers. Same pamphlet as GLC 1265.19. |
| Subjects | Civil War Military History Union Forces Copperheads President Democratic Party Government and Civics Politics Habeas Corpus Military Law US Constitution Bill of Rights |
| People | Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865) Corning, Erastus (1794-1872) Vallandigham, Clement L. (Clement Laird) (1820-1871) |
| Place written | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Theme | The American Civil War; Government & Politics; The Presidency |
| Sub-collection | Papers and Images of the American Civil War |
| Additional Information | Vallandigham was an Ohio politician and opponent of Lincoln. He was active in the Knights of the Golden Circle, a secret order in the North of Southern sympathizers. He was arrested by General Ambrose Burnside for his speeches and Lincoln banished him to the Confederacy. The Confederacy also rejected him because he objected to Jefferson Davis's war policies. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |