. Abraham Lincoln and the downfall of American slavery. ll beseen that these seven men represented a great variety ofpolitical sentiments and opinions. They did not alwaysagree. Lincoln sometimes facetiously referred to thecabinet as the Happy Family. By those who knew Seward and did not know Lincoln,it was supposed that the former would be virtually thePresident, and that beyond the signing of important pa-pers Lincoln would have very little to do with the shapingthe policy of the administration. Mr. Seward undertookto revise and re-write the inaugural address above de-scribed. Subsequently,
. Abraham Lincoln and the downfall of American slavery. ll beseen that these seven men represented a great variety ofpolitical sentiments and opinions. They did not alwaysagree. Lincoln sometimes facetiously referred to thecabinet as the Happy Family. By those who knew Seward and did not know Lincoln,it was supposed that the former would be virtually thePresident, and that beyond the signing of important pa-pers Lincoln would have very little to do with the shapingthe policy of the administration. Mr. Seward undertookto revise and re-write the inaugural address above de-scribed. Subsequently, he mapped out a plan of admin-istrative operations for the President, volunteering totake the general direction of affairs, if this were requiredof him. It was not required of him, and they who hadexpected that Mr. Seward or anybody else would act asPresident in place of Lincoln were soon undeceived. Byhis vigor, firmness, and unshrinking determination, Lin-coln speedily showed the world that he, and not another,was the President of the United
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