A House Dividing: Lincoln as President Elect |
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... secession would be crushed in the separatist strong- hold itself by an upsurge of Union sentiment had proved delu- sive . In one of the newspapers he regularly studied appeared dangerously significant evidence . " Submissionists in the ...
... secession would be crushed in the separatist strong- hold itself by an upsurge of Union sentiment had proved delu- sive . In one of the newspapers he regularly studied appeared dangerously significant evidence . " Submissionists in the ...
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... secession . But the legislature would act oppo- sitely.2 By December citizens of this variety were perceptibly losing heart , and the Union movement soon became a lost cause . But the victory of secession , in five of the seven states ...
... secession . But the legislature would act oppo- sitely.2 By December citizens of this variety were perceptibly losing heart , and the Union movement soon became a lost cause . But the victory of secession , in five of the seven states ...
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... secession on the President Elect appeared in press dispatches reporting the words of distinguished visitors . When Frank Blair of St. Louis arrived on the eleventh , he vigorously denounced " all propositions to compromise , con- cede ...
... secession on the President Elect appeared in press dispatches reporting the words of distinguished visitors . When Frank Blair of St. Louis arrived on the eleventh , he vigorously denounced " all propositions to compromise , con- cede ...
Contents
PREFACE V | 3 |
THE BATTLE OF FACTION | 152 |
COMPROMISES AND COMPROMISERS | 190 |
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¹New 2New York Herald Abraham Lincoln accept administration appeared appointment arrived asked Bates Blair Cameron MSS Chase MSS Chicago Colfax compromise conference Congress Constitution Corwin crisis Crittenden crowd declared delegation Democrat Diary discussed Dispatch of Dec Dispatch of Jan Dispatch of Nov disunion editorial Edward Bates faction favor Fogg friends Gilmer Governor Greeley Hamlin Henry Villard Henry Winter Davis Herndon House Illinois State Journal inaugural Indiana invitation John Judd leaders letter Lincoln's cabinet March McClure Missouri Montgomery Blair morning Nicolay & Hay North Ohio Papers Pennsylvania political politicians position President Elect presidential received reply reported Republican party rumor Schuyler Colfax secession Secretary Senator Seward Simon Cameron slave slavery Smith South Carolina Southern speech Springfield Sumner MSS Swett Thurlow Weed tion Treasury Trumbull MSS Union views visitors vote Wade Washburne MSS Washington correspondence Whig wrote Yates York Herald York Tribune