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To: K-Stater

Well, I’m not the original poster, and think you should be able to be use a search engine, but I’m willing to help you, but not hold your hand through the process known as “Research.”

Here’s a thoroughly referenced article, naming a few:
“Lincoln, on the other hand, shut down many newspapers. Chief Justice William Rehnquist discusses some of these cases of suppression”

Lincoln not only shut down newspapers he viewed as unpatriotic, he also ordered the arrest and imprisonment of some of their editors and publishers, without due process of law. Lincoln issued the following order to General John Dix:

You will take possession by military force, of the printing establishments of the New York World and Journal of Commerce . . . and prohibit any further publication thereof . . . You are therefore commanded forthwith to arrest and imprison . . . The editors, proprietors and publishers of the aforementioned newspapers. (Order of Abraham Lincoln to General John Dix, May 18, 1864)

http://www.factasy.com/civil_war/book/export/html/2323";
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From the Encyclopedia Britannica Website, but you’ll have to get a subscription to read the entire article:

“Fall 2009 • 11 During the Civil War the federal government was responsible for the greatest amount of newspaper suppression in the nation’s history. More than 300 newspapers were shut down, most of them Democratic papers that were sympathetic to the Confederacy. Some historians have criticized President Abraham Lincoln for allowing such widespread constraints on the press. This article reconsiders the nature of Lincoln’s view of press freedom. Based on a letter the president sent to a Union general, it concludes that Lincoln changed his thinking about midway through the ...”

http://www.britannica.com/bps/additionalcontent/18/48051075/Abraham-Lincoln-and-Press-Suppression-Reconsidered
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Here’s an entire booklet about one incidence:
Abraham Lincoln
Press Freedom & War Restraints
How he suppressed the Los Angeles Star

http://southcarolinaconservative.com/lincolnbook2008.pdf";

Feel free to knock yourself out, and I hope you learn something in the process. That took about 3 min of search engine searching, but I didn’t find a list. I’m not using Google anymore, and will have to get used to searching for things on my new engine.


38 posted on 02/21/2011 2:50:31 PM PST by JDW11235 (I think I got it now!)
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To: JDW11235
Well, I’m not the original poster, and think you should be able to be use a search engine, but I’m willing to help you, but not hold your hand through the process known as “Research.”

But you applauded ronnyquest on his facts so I just assumed that you had established what he said to be true. And you two are so positive on that number. 300 newspapers shut down. Not approximately 300. Not an estimated 300. 300. Surely somewhere along the way you came across a list?

41 posted on 02/21/2011 3:07:05 PM PST by K-Stater
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