Abraham Lincoln and reformers . GEBBIT SMITH, 1861. He inherited one of the largest landedi estates in the country, and as an ear-j nest of his devotion to the cause hei proceeded to distribute 200,000 acres ofit among- the needy without distinctionof color, which was a daring deed forthat time. He was more censured thancommended for his indiscriminate gen-erosity, but he met the criticisms ofhis opponents with a dignity of speechand manner that won him hosts offriends. In those days the, term abo-litionist was used only as an expres-I sion of reproach, but Smith assumedit boldly and was prepa
Abraham Lincoln and reformers . GEBBIT SMITH, 1861. He inherited one of the largest landedi estates in the country, and as an ear-j nest of his devotion to the cause hei proceeded to distribute 200,000 acres ofit among- the needy without distinctionof color, which was a daring deed forthat time. He was more censured thancommended for his indiscriminate gen-erosity, but he met the criticisms ofhis opponents with a dignity of speechand manner that won him hosts offriends. In those days the, term abo-litionist was used only as an expres-I sion of reproach, but Smith assumedit boldly and was prepared to defendit on all occasions. He was pre-emi-nently one of those who made it possi-ble to elect Abraham Lincoln. Edward Everett was by temperamentfirmly conservative. He was first ofall a scholar, and his tastes and hisprinciples made him the foe of all dis-cord and violence. He had a profound. EDWABD EVEBETT, 1860. distaste for the storm which wasbrewing, and his love of concord in-spired him to work for conciliationrather than to take sides with thosewho regarded the struggle as inevita-ble. It was his very hesitation inavowing himself an abolitionist thatcontributed to the growth of Linc6lnand his principles. j m l get Readings From American Hietory Selected by John T. Adams for The National Republicanfrom the Writings of Foremost Historians XXXVIII^-Concerning the Abolitionists
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