Monday, August 27, 2018

President Lincoln VS. The Press "Enemies Of The People"

Today, I came across the below item as might address those who have criticized our constitutionally elected (Without an majority of popular votes cast as was Lincoln who received 1,865,908 while his opponents had 2,816,122)


"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"

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.

In time SCOTUS supported the above action against those POTUS declared as "enemies of the people".  Since some  (In "The Resistance") are wondering if SCOTUS-Nominee Brett Kavanaugh will follow Stare Decisis on the Roe Vs. Wade decision, will "The Resistance" support such, Lincoln-Model AND legal, actions against The New York Slimes or The Washington Compost? After all, we remain in a state-of-war against those waging Jihad against the USA and some of its allies.

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