. Abraham Lincoln and the downfall of American slavery. CHAPTER XXIV. POLITICAL COMPLICATIONS. A President-Making Congress — Activity of Lincolns Opponents—Grant Appointed Lieutenant-General—Beginning of an AggressiveCampaign—Federal Successes in the Southwest—Sheridan iu the Val-ley of the Shenandoah—Political Troubles in Missouri—LincolnRenominated—McClellan the Democratic Nominee—A Diversion inFavor of Fremont—Peace Negotiations at Niagara—Five HundredThousand Men Called Out—Lincoln Re-elected—Renewed Talk ofPeace—A Peace Conference at Hampton Roads— The PresidentsLast, Shortest, and Best S

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. Abraham Lincoln and the downfall of American slavery. CHAPTER XXIV. POLITICAL COMPLICATIONS. A President-Making Congress — Activity of Lincolns Opponents—Grant Appointed Lieutenant-General—Beginning of an AggressiveCampaign—Federal Successes in the Southwest—Sheridan iu the Val-ley of the Shenandoah—Political Troubles in Missouri—LincolnRenominated—McClellan the Democratic Nominee—A Diversion inFavor of Fremont—Peace Negotiations at Niagara—Five HundredThousand Men Called Out—Lincoln Re-elected—Renewed Talk ofPeace—A Peace Conference at Hampton Roads— The PresidentsLast, Shortest, and Best Speech —The Second Inauguration. DURING the winter of 1863-4 there was no littlePresident-making in Congress; for the sessionbefore the time for nominating presidential candidates isusually known as a President-making Congress. Thistime, however, there was less of this sort of political skir-mishing than ever before or since. The Democrats, whosestock-in-trade, so to speak, was opposition to the war,were largely in a min

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