How We Elected Lincoln Personal Recollections of Lincoln And Men of His Time
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McClure not only confirmed him in that opinion, but added that Congress was in no mood to appropriate so large a sum of money. Redemption of these bonds, if the Union was restored after the war, would fall in part on the Southern people; they would be paying out of 67 HOW WE ELECTED LINCOLN their own pockets for the Hberation of their slaves. This statement of McClure's is remark- able because it indicates that Lincoln believed that the status quo ante helium could be restored and reconstructio...n formalities avoided. Unfortunately, under Andrew Johnson, who succeeded to the Presidency after Lincoln's assassination, and sub- sequently under President Hayes, the "carpet- bag" regime, with all its horrors and corruption, was inflicted upon the Southern States. Colonel McClure's judgment was keen and accurate. Congress, led by Senator Sumner and Representatives Thaddeus Stevens and Henry Winter Davis, would have repudiated such a proposition if made by Lincoln. Even after his re-election he could not have secured the money for that purpose.
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