The southern republic. (Augusta, Ga.) 1860-1861
Title:
The southern republic.
Place of Publication:
Augusta, Ga.
Geographic coverage:
- Augusta, Richmond county
Publisher:
Wm. J. Vason & Co.
Dates of publication:
1860-1861
Description:
- -June 12, 1861.
- Began in 1860?
Frequency:
Daily
Languages:
- English
Subjects:
- Augusta (Ga.)--Newspapers.
- Georgia--Augusta.--fast--(OCoLC)fst01206406
- Georgia--Richmond County.--fast--(OCoLC)fst01215116
- Richmond County (Ga.)--Newspapers.
Notes:
- Description based on: Vol. 1, no. 171 (Feb. 5, 1861).
- Final issue is an unnumbered halfsheet.
LCCN:
sn89053837
OCLC:
20646462
The southern republic. February 5, 1861
About
James M. Smythe established the Daily True Democrat to support John C. Breckenridge for president, but renamed his paper the Southern Republic following the Democratic Party’s defeat in the 1860 presidential election, while the weekly edition became the Weekly Southern Republican. Organized under William J. Vason and Company, the Southern Republic was edited by James M. Smythe and J. B. Weems. The newspaper’s new masthead was meant to reflect the editors’ support for secession from the Union, and the formation of a Confederacy of Southern States. The paper’s final issue was published on June 12, 1861 on an unnumbered half sheet.