. Portrait and biographical album of Green Lake, Marquette and Waushara counties, Wisconsin .. . eston; Fort Sumpterwas befieged; our forts, navy-yards and arsenalswere seized ; our depots of military stores were plun-i dered ; and our custom-houses and ix)st offices werei appropriated by the rebels. The energy of the rebels, and the imbecility of our! Executive, were alike marvelous. The Nation lookedon in agony, waiting for the slow weeks to glide away,and close the administration, so terrible in its weak-ness At length the long-looked-for hour of deliver-ance came, when Abraham Lincoln was
. Portrait and biographical album of Green Lake, Marquette and Waushara counties, Wisconsin .. . eston; Fort Sumpterwas befieged; our forts, navy-yards and arsenalswere seized ; our depots of military stores were plun-i dered ; and our custom-houses and ix)st offices werei appropriated by the rebels. The energy of the rebels, and the imbecility of our! Executive, were alike marvelous. The Nation lookedon in agony, waiting for the slow weeks to glide away,and close the administration, so terrible in its weak-ness At length the long-looked-for hour of deliver-ance came, when Abraham Lincoln was to receive thescepter. The administration of President Buchanan wasj certainly the most calamitous our country has ex-1 perienced. His best friends recall it with pleasure, .^nd still more deplorable it is for his fame,j that in that dreadhil conflict which rolled its billowsj of flame and blood over our whole land, no word cameI from his lips to indicate his wish that our countrysI banner should triumph over the flag of the He died at his Wheatland retreat, June 1, /^. ^ G--^^^2^^-^T^ SIXTEENTH FRESIDENT. ^i>^^<^a
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