Executive Order—Arrest and Imprisonment of Irresponsible Newspaper Reporters and Editors
May 18, 1864
Major-General John A. Drx,
Commanding at New York:
Whereas there has been wickedly and traitorously printed and published this morning in the New York World and New York Journal of Commerce, newspapers printed and published in the city of New York, a false and spurious proclamation purporting to be signed by the President and to be countersigned by the Secretary of State, which publication is of a treasonable nature, designed to give aid and comfort to the enemies of the United States and to the rebels now at war against the Government and their aiders and abettors, you are therefore hereby commanded forthwith to arrest and imprison in any fort or military prison in your command the editors, proprietors, and publishers of the aforesaid newspapers, and all such persons as, after public notice has been given of the falsehood of said publication, print and publish the same with intent to give aid and comfort to the enemy; and you will hold the persons so arrested in close custody until they can be brought to trial before a military commission for their offense. You will also take possession by military force of the printing establishments of the New York World and Journal of Commerce, and hold the same until further orders, and prohibit any further publication therefrom.
A. LINCOLN.
Note: On the morning of May 18, 1864, a forged proclamation was published in the World, and Journal of Commerce, of New York. The proclamation named a day for fasting and prayer, called for 400,000 fresh troops, and purposed to raise by an "immediate and peremptory draft," whatever quotas were not furnished on the day specified.
Citation: Abraham Lincoln: "Executive Order—Arrest and Imprisonment of Irresponsible Newspaper Reporters and Editors," May 18, 1864. Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project. http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/?pid=70018.
Poster Comment:
The end of the US Constitution by executive order of the first Republican President, Dishonest Ape Lincoln.
It's been ignored ever since by the D&R Party.
#1: Anthem To: hondo68 (#0)
Anthem posted on 2017-07-17 11:47:46 Reply Private Reply
#2: IbJensen To: hondo68 (#0)
Another Flamer who reads his history.
I've always believed the taunts about his being a knuckle-dragging baboon were close to the mark. Of course I am a Southern sympathizer who believed in the cause for which the CSA bolted.
IbJensen posted on 2017-07-17 11:48:21 Reply Private Reply
#3: misterwhite To: hondo68 (#0)
Abuse either freedom and you lose your license.
misterwhite posted on 2017-07-17 12:17:32 Reply Private Reply
#4: Hondo68 To: misterwhite, freedom to grovel for a licnese (#3)
It's not a freedom if you need a government issued license.
Come and take them, you tyrannical goon!
Hondo68 posted on 2017-07-17 12:23:19 Reply Private Reply
#5: Anthem To: misterwhite (#3)
False premise.
It is the commission of a crime for which they are arrested and prosecuted.
Anthem posted on 2017-07-17 12:26:07 Reply Private Reply
#6: misterwhite To: Anthem (#5)
No. You need to pass an FBI background check. I'm saying they should do the same for the press.
misterwhite posted on 2017-07-17 12:30:53 Reply Private Reply
#7: Anthem To: hondo68 (#4)
Guns are owned and traded all the time here in Texas with no government approval required. Licensed dealers are subject to government regulation, which is largely a tax on the law abiding citizen, but also prevents criminals from risk-free acquisition.
Anthem posted on 2017-07-17 12:31:53 Reply Private Reply
#8: Anthem To: misterwhite (#6)
Only if you buy from a licensed dealer.
Fully aware of your communist tendencies.
Anthem posted on 2017-07-17 12:35:09 Reply Private Reply
#9: Hondo68 To: Anthem, misterwhite, FAKE law (#7)
I know that, but whitey thinks that some (unlimited?) infringements are OK.
It would take a constitutional amendment to put restrictions on any arms, or the right of any US citizen to keep and bear them. You're referring to an alleged "tax" of $200 under the NFA '34, and additional fake regulations added to it. It's illegal legislation, not law.
Hondo68 posted on 2017-07-17 13:48:17 Reply Private Reply
#10: Vicomte13 To: hondo68 (#0)
The incendiary nature of the claim, under those conditions, was such that another draft riot could have ensued. And so Lincoln acted, decisively, to shut the presses that were lying, and thereby silence the mouths that could have launched another breach of the peace in time of war, weakening the country in the face of the enemy.
Lincoln was right.
Vicomte13 posted on 2017-07-17 14:27:52 Reply Private Reply
#11: misterwhite To: hondo68 (#9)
The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that "reasonable" restrictions may be placed on guns. They believe that others have rights also. Silly concept, huh?
misterwhite posted on 2017-07-17 15:58:56 Reply Private Reply