Abraham Lincoln and men of war-times : some personal recollections of war and politics during the Lincoln administration ; with introduction by . LINCOLNS HOME IN LINCOLNS HOME IN SPRINGFIELD. LINCOLN IN POLITICS. J? we had gathered there he opened the subject in hisquaint way by saying: You know I never was a con-triver; I dont know much about how things are donein politics, but I think you gentlemen understand thesituation in your State, and I want to learn what maybe done to ensure the success we all desire. He madeexhaustive inquiry of each of the persons present a
Abraham Lincoln and men of war-times : some personal recollections of war and politics during the Lincoln administration ; with introduction by . LINCOLNS HOME IN LINCOLNS HOME IN SPRINGFIELD. LINCOLN IN POLITICS. J? we had gathered there he opened the subject in hisquaint way by saying: You know I never was a con-triver; I dont know much about how things are donein politics, but I think you gentlemen understand thesituation in your State, and I want to learn what maybe done to ensure the success we all desire. He madeexhaustive inquiry of each of the persons present as tothe danger-signals of the contest, specially directing hisquestions to every weak point in the party lines andevery strong point of the opposition. He was not con-tent with generalities; he had no respect for mere enthu-siasm. What he wanted was sober facts. He had abid-ing faith in the people, in their intelligence and theirpatriotism; and he estimated political results by ascer-taining, as far as possible, the popular bearing of everyvital question that was likely to arise, and he formedhis conclusions by his keen intuitive perception as tohow the people would be likely to d
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