The Printer and the Prince: A Study of the Influence of Horace Greeley Upon Abraham Lincoln as Candidate and PresidentExposition Press, 1955 - 332 pages |
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... South . Greeley continued his philos- ophy of permitting the South to withdraw in peace , even as the crisis grew more appalling to other leaders . And , on December 17 , the very day that the South Carolina secession convention ...
... South . Greeley continued his philos- ophy of permitting the South to withdraw in peace , even as the crisis grew more appalling to other leaders . And , on December 17 , the very day that the South Carolina secession convention ...
Page 145
... South , because he adhered to a political theory , popular at the time of the American Civil War , that the whole secession movement at the outset was nothing more nor less than a “ conspiracy . ” Greeley , in the North , in intonations ...
... South , because he adhered to a political theory , popular at the time of the American Civil War , that the whole secession movement at the outset was nothing more nor less than a “ conspiracy . ” Greeley , in the North , in intonations ...
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... South , Greeley preached to Lincoln that secession could be met " in one of four ways " : ( 1 ) by substantial ... South inflamed by passionate appeals and frenzied accusations " to a " South which would be enlightened , calmed , and ...
... South , Greeley preached to Lincoln that secession could be met " in one of four ways " : ( 1 ) by substantial ... South inflamed by passionate appeals and frenzied accusations " to a " South which would be enlightened , calmed , and ...
Contents
Measuring Greeley and Lincoln | 11 |
From the Tribune to the Tremont | 53 |
A Negative Delegate and a Positive Platform | 82 |
Copyright | |
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