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... election produced a closing of the party ranks , a blurring if not a total submergence of the great issues , an attempt to maintain stability and to adhere to the normal political processes , and the election of apparently safe and ...
... election produced a closing of the party ranks , a blurring if not a total submergence of the great issues , an attempt to maintain stability and to adhere to the normal political processes , and the election of apparently safe and ...
Page 544
... elections in mid- October and the presidential election a few weeks later . Plagued by appeals from Morton , Lincoln refused to postpone the draft in Indiana as the governor wished , but he did write to General Sherman stressing the ...
... elections in mid- October and the presidential election a few weeks later . Plagued by appeals from Morton , Lincoln refused to postpone the draft in Indiana as the governor wished , but he did write to General Sherman stressing the ...
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... election with a higher turn - out than four years earlier , Lincoln's share of the vote increased by more than I per cent in those states which voted in both elections . But while he did considerably better in the west , he actually ...
... election with a higher turn - out than four years earlier , Lincoln's share of the vote increased by more than I per cent in those states which voted in both elections . But while he did considerably better in the west , he actually ...
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