New Jersey as a colony and as a state, one of the original thirteen . ABRAHAM LINCOLN. (Sixteenth President of the United States; b. Feb. 12, 1809 ; (I. April 15, 1865.) CHAPTER IV The Position op New Jersey in the Civir.^Var. IT WAS upon the 4th of March, 1861, in hisinaugural address, that Abraham Lincoln,newly-elected President of the UnitedStates, defined the attitude of the Re-publican party, and set forth what may betermed Hhe consensus of conservative opinion inthe North. In brief he pledged himself and theparty he represented not to interfere with the in-stitution of slavery in the Sta
New Jersey as a colony and as a state, one of the original thirteen . ABRAHAM LINCOLN. (Sixteenth President of the United States; b. Feb. 12, 1809 ; (I. April 15, 1865.) CHAPTER IV The Position op New Jersey in the Civir.^Var. IT WAS upon the 4th of March, 1861, in hisinaugural address, that Abraham Lincoln,newly-elected President of the UnitedStates, defined the attitude of the Re-publican party, and set forth what may betermed Hhe consensus of conservative opinion inthe North. In brief he pledged himself and theparty he represented not to interfere with the in-stitution of slavery in the States where it existed,that there would be no violence or bloodshed un-less forced upon national authority, and that thepower of his office would be used to hold, occupy,and possess the property and places belonging tothe federal government. In New Jersey many there were who believedthat, in spite of all the war talk, an amicableadjustment between the conflicting interestswould be made, and that if war came it would bea nine days wonder. This belief was shared byDemo
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