[Ditto]

"...because the Tyrant had suspended the 1st Amendment and shut down over 300 newspapers

Source please. Everything I have see shows the Northern press beating Lincoln up pretty good until after Getteysburg. Even after that, some of the major papers in New Youk were Copperhead publications and they were never shut down. What's your source for him shutting down 300 papers?

[billbears]

Yes because at the very first of the war, some in NY actually pondered the thought of joining the Confederacy. Wonder why that was even considered if it was over slavery? There are several books out there, and I will post them this evening