A Scrapbook of Newspaper Clippings About Abraham Lincoln From California Newspa
A Scrapbook of Newspaper Clippings About Abraham Lincoln From California Newspa
Elizabeth Knight Tompkins
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Po- tent influences in Europe, with an ill-con- cealed desire for the permanent disruption of the American Union, eagerly espoused the cause of the Southern seceders, and the two principal maritime powers of the Old World seemed only to be waiting for a favorable opportunity to lend them a help- ing hand. Abraham Lincoln 61 This was the state of things to be mas- tered by " honest Abe Lincoln " when he took his seat in the presidential chair, " honest Abe Lincoln, " who was so good- natured tha...t he could not say " no ; " the greatest achievement in whose life had been a debate on the slavery question ; who had never been in any position of power ; who was without the slightest ex- perience of high executive duties, and who had only a speaking acquaintance with the men upon whose counsel and cooperation he was to depend. Nor was his accession to power under such circumstances greeted with general confidence even by the mem- bers of his party. While he had indeed won much popularity, many Republicans, especially among those who had advocated Seward's nomination for the presidency, saw the simple " Illinois lawyer " take the reins of government with a feeling little short of dismay.
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