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You complain about what you say are Lincoln's constitutional violations. Well, let's be fair. It has been well documented that newspaper reporters were jailed under Davis, newspapers suppressed, habeas corpus suspended, people locked up without trial, martial law declared, and so forth and so on. So his record in that area is little different than Lincoln's.

Little different from Lincoln's record? You've exceeded even yourself. Yes, by all means, let's be fair.

Please name for me the newspapers suspended by the Confederate Government. On the other hand, here is a list of a few papers suspended, circulation supressed, or taken over by the Lincoln administration or destroyed or attacked by Northern mobs. These are just from 1864. Destruction by mobs was common in 1864, but there were official suppressions by the North in this list as well.

Democrat, Gallatin County, Illinois
Picket Guard, Chester, Illinois
Volksblatt, Belleville, Illinois
Democrat, Laporte, Indiana
Herald, Franklin County, Indiana
Constitution and Union, Fairfield, Iowa
True Presbyterian, Louisville, Kentucky
Courier, New Orleans, Louisiana
Journal, Belfast, Maine
Transcript, Baltimore, Maryland
Democrat, Cambridge, Maryland
Bulletin, Baltimore, Maryland
Loyalist, Baltimore, Maryland
Union, Louisiana, Missouri
Metropolitan Record, New York
Eagle, Lancaster, Ohio
Mahoning Sentinel, Youngstown, Ohio
Crisis, Columbus, Ohio
Statesman, Columbus, Ohio
Democrat, Wauscon, Ohio
Dayton Empire, Dayton, Ohio
Democrat, Greenville, Darke County, Ohio
Democrat, Sunbury, Pennsylvania
Crawford Democrat, Meadville, Pennsylvania
Northumberland Democrat, Pennsylvania
Advertiser, Lebanon, Pennsylvania
Freeman’s Journal, Nashville, Tennessee
News, Memphis, Tennessee
Register, Wheeling, Virginia

On the other hand, here is a list of a few papers suspended, circulation supressed, or taken over by the Lincoln administration or destroyed or attacked by Northern mobs.

Can you be a little more specific? Which were suspended or suppressed by government action as opposed to suppressed or attacked because people didn't like their editorial content. If you can provide a source I'd appreciate it as well.