The Republic (Washington [D.C.])
Historic newspapers carry the language, views and graphic reporting of their time, including racist content. They are shown to teen and adult profiles.
1,254 issues from 1849 to 1853, published in Washington, District Of Columbia, digitised for Chronicling America.
Established on June 13, 1849, as the official organ of President Zachary Taylor, the Republic was a Whig paper published by Gideon & Company. The paper published simultaneous daily morning, weekly and tri-weekly editions during its tenure. As the administration’s organ, the Republic stated in its prospectus in the May 29, 1849 issue that it would be “a political newspaper, devoted to the liberalizing and progressive doctrines which prevailed in the late presidential canvass” and “[t]he Republic will acknowledge no allegiance except to the country.” When this paper was chosen to be the official party organ, the Daily National Whig suffered. The Sun reported in its June 14, 1849 issue that, “[t]he Republic contains the government advertisements, so that the question as to the choice between it and the Whig, is settled. In fact, the National Whig did not appear to-day. It died and left no sign. It gave no notice of its impending dissolution.”
A series of letters between President Taylor and his brother-in-law J.S. Allison that became known as the “Allison letters,” were published in the Republic and gave it an edge over its competitors. In them, Taylor pretended not to have political or partisan ambitions, presenting himself as a true outsider. The letters are first referred to in the Republic’s prospectus on June 13, 1849. It states, “[t]he principles upon which the present Administration came into power are embodied in a letter written by its distinguished chief, pending…
- Genres
- News
- Published in
- Washington, District Of Columbia, United States
- Language
- English
- Collection
- Chronicling America
- Licence or status
- None stated by the archive
- Rights
- The Library of Congress believes that the newspapers in Chronicling America are in the public domain or have no known copyright restrictions. Newspapers published in the United States more than 95 years ago are in the public domain in their entirety.
- Credit
- Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers, Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities
- Who can read it
- Teens profiles and older (placed by Invisible Network from what the archive says; archives give no ratings)
- Archive
- Library of Congress