I therefore shared fully the intense chagrin of the New York and other State delegations when, on the third ballot, Abraham Lincoln received a larger vote than Seward.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Like Lincoln, I would like to believe the ballot is stronger than the bullet. Then again, he said that before he got shot.
I cannot swallow whole the view of Lincoln as the Great Emancipator.
Despite its flaws, the American electoral system has produced Lincoln, the two Roosevelts, and Harry Truman.
Lincoln and Clinton had a lot in common in the way they were elected: In both cases, they were dark horses. In both cases, they were from small states. In both cases, they were not the favorite for their parties' nomination.
But having said all of that, that still doesn't account for a lot of the increase in popularity which stems, I think, from Lincoln's personal characteristics.
The secession of the Southern States, individually or in the aggregate, was the certain consequence of Mr. Lincoln's election.
People don't realize what a brilliant politician Lincoln was. Looking back, we want to ascribe a level of providence to his every decision but he was a cunning and calculating politician; from the cultivation of his image as a hayseed from Illinois, to his ability to keep this country together under dire circumstances.
Politically I did not like Mr. Lincoln, for in him I saw the destroyer.
As long as it served his purpose, Mr. Lincoln boldly advocated the right of Secession.
Abraham Lincoln never denigrated, never scapegoated, never finger-pointed. And he had reason to.
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