Home / Scharf, J. Thomas, ed. History of Westchester County, New York, including Morrisania, Kings Bridge, and West Farms, which have been annexed to New York City, Vol. I. Philadelphia: L.E. Preston & Co., 1886. / Passage

History of Westchester County, New York, Vol. I

Scharf, J. Thomas, ed. History of Westchester County, New York, including Morrisania, Kings Bridge, and West Farms, which have been annexed to New York City, Vol. I. Philadelphia: L.E. Preston & Co., 1886. 310 words

On the 21st of May, the editor, iu answer to a Republican paperj ust started -- the MorrUania Journal -- explains the "true sentiment " at length ; accuses the Republicans of carrying on the war for party purposes, simply, and ends with the assertion : " the Republicans stand by their administration ; the Democrats by our government." From this time to the battle of Bull Run, the fight is carried on with the Morrisania Journal. The paper is full of sneers at " Abolitionists," and teems with assertions that " the volunteers in the field are in the proportion of three Democrats to one Republican," with the further assertion that " all Abolitionists are cowards." In July the paper drops politics on the first page, and begins to put in serial stories, paying much attention to local items, and ignoring the war as much as possible. It is full of a Fourth of July local celebration; and the only indication of the old feeling crops out in a paragraph, "No abolitionism. The border Slave States might be conciliated, if a promise was given them that their slaves should be retained." The editor hopes that " Horace Greeley will be thrown overboard," and that " Democrats will be called to advise Mr. Lincoln."

The news of Bull Run brings a marked approval of the " peace resolution," introduced by Mr. Benjamin Wood in Congress, and laid on the table bj' Mr. Washburn, of Illinois. The editor asks, " When will the war end?" and says that " another administration must come in before peace is likely to be restored to the country." In August the editor indignantly repudiates the assertion that " the anti-slavery feeling is spreading at the North," but admits the " apostasy " of several Congressman, who are voting with the administration to prosecute the war.