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The Daily Dispatch: 1864 is unavailable, but you can change that!

The Richmond Times-Dispatch has been the primary daily newspaper of Richmond, Virginia for over the past 150 years. At the time of establishment in 1850, it was one of the very few non-partisan newspapers around and featured relatively unbiased articles. During the Civil War, Richmond became the capital of the Confederate states and the Daily Dispatch decided to promote the Confederate cause. The...

Administration. They are proper subjects of comment, and while I have a seat on this floor, and have reason and voice, they shall be, to the extent of my ability and according to my judgment as a Senator. I intend to do so, let the consequences be what they may. Has it come to this, that a great Government, organized and instituted by the people, based upon a free Constitution, cannot be investigated in its line of policy and administration without incurring vehement abuse? When this becomes the