Cincinnatus Miller
Cincinnatus Miller, later known as Joaquin Miller was, in 1863, the editor of the Democratic Register in Eugene. Miller and his paper were ardent Jeffersonian Democrats and the Lincoln administration suppressed the paper for disloyalty. Miller was quite a character, was a lawyer later in Canyon City and judge in Grant County. He became known as "Joaquin" after he wrote a paper in defense of Joaquin Murietta who was considered a bandit by Anglo's in California, but a hero by the old California population. Miller also wrote quite a bit, although some of his writings defy the rules of grammar...
For further information about Miller, Dick Etulain submitted the following references:
Anyone interested in more information on C. (Joaquin) Miller,
the well-known western Local Color writer and his controversial pro-
Confederate newspaper in Eugene, you can check any of the following sources:
General studies with a bit on Miller, his editorials, and his being shut down
by the Lincoln administration:
best in order of citation:
OW Frost, Joaquin Miller
Martin S. Peterson, Joaquin Miller: Literary Frontiersman
MM Marberry, Splendid Poseur: Joaqin Miller: American Poet
and a couple of essays:
in order of strength:
John Raine Dunbar, "Joaquin Miller: Sedition and Civil War." PACIFIC HISTORICAL REVIEW
19 (February 1950): 31-36.
Flora Belle Ludington, "The Newspapers of Oregon, 1846-1870." OREGON HISTORICAL QUARTERLY
26 (September 1925):
and one helpful Lincoln source:
Robert S. Harper, LINCOLN AND THE PRESS
I imagine George Turnbull's book on the history of Oregon newspapers would also have some
information on Miller and his journalistic/editorial controversies, but I don't now have
access to that book
