Lectures on the Growth and Development of the United States, Vol. 9 (Classic Reprint) - Couverture souple

Wiley, Edwin

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ISBN 10 : 1333944314 ISBN 13 : 9781333944315

Editeur : Forgotten Books, 2018

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The United States CHAPTER XXXVIII. 1864. POLITICAL AFFAIRS. Chase sdesire for the Presidency The Pomeroy circular Lincoln sattitude toward Chase Lincoln snomination by theO hio caucus The Cleveland convention The renomination of Lincoln and Johnson Lincoln sacceptance Chase shostility to the President and final resignation The appointment ofF essenden The reconstruction theories of Sumner and Lincoln The Wade-D avis bill The Wade-D avis manifesto. LINCOLNS term of office was to expire on March 4, 1865, and in the fall of 1864 an election was to be held to decide whether he should succeed himself or should give way to some one else. Preparations for the nomination were begun in the spring of 1864. Lincoln spolitical position was quite strong, yet there was considerable disaffection, which had found its head inS ecretary Chase whose craving for the Presidency was proverbial and perennial. Chase had repeatedly declared that he was not anxious for that office, but would bow to public sentiment. His private correspondence was permeated with an overweeninganxiety for the nomination, as an instance of which, out of many, witnessS ee, among other references. Warden, Life of Chase, pp. 560. 563, 565, 573. Regarding this see also William G. Brown. Lincoln sR ival in Atlantic Monthly, vol. lxxxix., pp. 226-236. the letter he wrote to his son-in-law, Ex-G overnor William Sprague, on November 26, 1863, when the administration of Mr. Lincoln had run scarcely two-thirds of its course: If I were controlled by merely personal sentiments I should prefer the reelection of Mr. Lincoln to that of any other man. But I doubt the expediency of reelecting anybody, and I think a man of different qualities from those the President has will be needed for the next four years. I am not anxious to be regarded as that man; and I am quite willing to leave that question to the decision of th
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Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Forgotten Books
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1333944314
• ISBN 13: 9781333944315
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 448
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