SAMUEL MEDARY CRISIS
Subtitle: TESTING THE LIMITS OF PRESS FREEDOM
Publisher: Ohio State University Press
Published: April 16, 2010
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 200
ISBN-13: 9780814206720
Subjects: General; Medary, S; American Journalism; Law Of The Press; Fiction - General; (Samuel),; 1801-1864; 19th century; Biography; Editors; Freedom of the press; Medary, S.; United States; Biography/Autobiography
Description: This political biography tells the story of Samuel Medary, a controversial journalist and political activist who published a Peace Democrat (Copperhead) newspaper - the Crisis - in Columbus, Ohio, during the Civil War. Medary, a staunch supporter of states' rights and civil liberties, opposed the Union war effort and fought against government attempts to suppress the peace movement.

In his editorials he repeatedly encouraged civilian resistance to President Lincoln's policies, including conscription, martial law, and heavy taxation. Samuel Medary and the "Crisis" is engaging reading for scholars and students of the history of journalism, the Civil War, Ohio and U.S. history, and the Constitution.