JANUARY 13, 1862:
A Dr. Samuel A. Mudd of Maryland cancels his subscription to
the Catholic journal Brownson’s Quarterly Review for
advocating abolition. His cancellation letter reads in part:
“The North found
Slavery unprofitable, therefore, abolished it, without any interference by the
South—and all we have asked is the exercise of the same power and right. Under
the system of State Rights, under the Constitution of the United States—Every
Abolitionist is a disunionist.”
Dr. Mudd eventually became infamous as the man who set John
Wilkes Booth’s leg after Booth fled Ford’s Theatre after shooting the
President.
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