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Title: The true Abraham Lincoln
Year: 1904 (1900s)
Authors: Curtis, William Eleroy, 1850-1911
Subjects: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Slaves Presidents
Publisher: Philadelphia London : J.B. Lippincott
Contributing Library: Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection
Digitizing Sponsor: The Institute of Museum and Library Services through an Indiana State Library LSTA Grant

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President, his political career might have been swallowed up in his vanity and arro-gance. Upon April 1, after the new administration had been in control for a little more than three weeks, under the title Some Thoughts for the Presidents Considera-tion, he submitted the most extraordinary proposition that appears among the archives of the Department of State. Assuming that he, and not Lincoln, was respon-sible for the conduct of the administration and the man-agement of the government; writing as if he were the Prime Minister and Lincoln an impotent king; he laid down his plan of action and the line of policy he intended to pursue. He proposed that Lincoln should practically relinquish his Presidential responsibilities and authority; that he should repudiate the party that had elected him; that he should ignore the principles upon which the Presidential campaign had been fought and surrender the moral triumph of the victory; that he should con-vene Congress and declare war against Great Britain,
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WILLIAM H. SEWARD, SECRETARY OF STATE From a photograph by Brady A PRESIDENT AND HIS CABINET Russia, France, and Spain, and endeavor to negotiate for an offensive and defensive alliance with Canada, Mexico, and Central America against Europe. The fol-lowing is the text: SOME THOUGHTS FOR THE PRESIDENT'S CONSIDERATION, APRIL I, 1861. First. We are at the end of a months administra-tion, and yet without a policy, either domestic or foreign. Second. This, however, is not culpable, and it has even been unavoidable. The presence of the Senate, with the need to meet applications for patronage, have prevented attention to other and more grave matters. Third. But further delay to adopt and prosecute our policies for both domestic and foreign affairs would not only bring scandal on the administration, but danger upon the country. Fourth. To do this we must dismiss the applicants for office. But how ? I suggest that we make the local appointments forthwith, leaving foreign or general onesfor ulterior and o

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