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Title: Abraham Lincoln and constitutional government
Year: 1921 (1920s)
Authors: Ulrich, Bartow A. (Bartow Adolphus), 1840- Wood, Erwin Elisha, 1848- (from old catalog) comp
Subjects: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Constitutions Political science
Publisher: (Chicago) Chicago legal news
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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n inveterate foe of the South, hated Lincoln for that whichthe South loved him, which was his desire to help the South andprevent the terrible misfortunes inflicted during the reconstructionperiod. Thaddeus Stevens and his junker associates were determined thatthe South should be treated as conquered territory, as this wouldenable them an opportunity of exploiting the secession states and reapa great harvest of spoils from the so-called conquered people. The war on the part of loyal unionists was a war for principle—toprevent the dismemberment of the United States and the spread ofslavery. The carpet-baggers abandoned the claim of principle, justiceor humanity, and like jackals ami vultures (ceding upon tin deadafter the battle, soughl only to satisfy their avarice and g i After many years of unnecessary hardship resulting from thiscruel policy, tin- Southern people have I their normal and prosperous condition ami have proven themselves patriotic and loyali itizens of the Union. 166
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PRESIDENT ABRAHAM LINCOLN, 1865 WASHINGTON AND LINCOLN COST OF REVOLUTION AND CIVIL WAR. When we compare the area of the Revolution, as stated byCharles Frances Adams (see page 116 Studies-Military and Diplo-matic) with the area covered by the Civil War, we will be surprisedat the great magnitude of the latter when compared with the former.The great responsibility which rested upon Lincoln, was not equalledin many respects by that which fell to the lot of Washington. Withthe Canadian boundary and Lake Champlain for the limit at the North,the area of the Revolution extends to Chesapeake Bay on the South,—a distance of approximately four hundred and fifty miles. Borderingon the ocean, this region was almost everywhere vulnerable by water,while its interior depth at no point exceeded two hundred and fiftymiles, and for all practical purposes was limited to one hundredmiles; Oswego on Lake Ontario being the point farthest fromnew York (250 miles) on the northwest, and Reading the pointf

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