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Reconstruction of the Old Democratic Party in 1862
The text analyzes a Congressional address urging Democratic reorganization to restore power for the Confederacy. It argues the party’s aims would reestablish slaveholding dominance, condemns antiwar Republicans, and portrays Democratic leaders and rebels as inseparable. It warns that restoration requires defeating the Union politically to empower the Confederacy.
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Democratic Party
Congress
United States
Union of the People
New England
Restoring
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Union
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Free States
Mr. Pugh
Washington
United States Senate
Senate
Confederacy
Wade
South
Brichatan
House of Representatives
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Cf. Davis
Rammant Reais
Parkersburg
Parkersby
West Virginia
Virginia
Sea of Ohio
Ohio
Jewett
Chicago
Geo. Mitchel
Mitchel
Wheeling Intelligencer
Fay
Holmes
Nashville
Tennessee
Kentucky
Knights of the Golden Circle
Louisville
Nashvills
Leys
Frankfort
Tome Guard
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Georgs Bickly