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Title: Abraham Lincoln and the battles of the Civil War
Year: 1887 (1880s)
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Subjects: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Generals Generals
Publisher: (New York, N.Y.) : (The Century Co.)
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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nunciatory and exasper-ating. Now, however, combining wisdom withopportunity, it became conciliatory, and, abat-ing something of its abstractions, made itselfthe exponent of a demand for a present andpractical reform — a simple return to the an-cient faith and landmarks. It labored speciallyto bring about the dissolution of the old partyorganizations and the formation of a new one,based upon the general policy of resisting theextension of slavery. Since, however, the re-peal had shaken but not obliterated old partylines, this effort succeeded only in favorablelocalities. For the present, party disintegration wasslow; men were reluctant to abandon theirold-time principles andassociations. The unitedefforts of Douglas and the administration heldthebody of the Northern Democrats to his fatalpolicy, though protests and defections becamealarmingly frequent. On the other hand, thegreat mass of Northern Whigs promptly op-posed the repeal, and now formed the bulk of ABRAHAM LINCOLN. 7°3 rr
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7°4 ABRAHAM LINCOLN. the opposition, nevertheless losing perhaps asmany pro-slavery Whigs as they gained anti-slavery Democrats. The real and effective gain,therefore, was the more or less thorough alli-ance of the Whig party and the Free-soil partyof the Northern States: wherever that was suc-cessful it gave immediate and available ma-jorities to the opposition, which made theirinfluence felt even in the very opening of thepopular contest following the congressionalrepeal. It happened that this was a year for elect-ing congressmen. The Nebraska bill did notpass till the end of May, and the political ex-citement was at once transferred from Wash-ington to every district of the whole country.It may be said with truth that the year 1854formed one continuous and solid politicalcampaign from January to November, risingin interest and earnestness from first to last,and engaging in the discussion more fullythan had ever occurred in previous Americanhistory all classes and constituent eleme

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