Lincoln's Undying Words - Chicago History Museum
04-13-2016, 08:12 PM,
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RE: Lincoln's Undying Words - Chicago History Museum
Thanks, Roger.

Quoting from that website:

Quote:In 1860, Abraham Lincoln takes office as a political moderate. While he firmly opposes slavery on moral and political grounds, he does not publicly call for its abolition, for fear of revolutionary consequences....

Unless I'm mistaken, didn't Lincoln himself explain in his Cooper Union speech that his position was the conservative position?
I have endured a great deal of ridicule without much malice; and have received a great deal of kindness, not quite free from ridicule. I am used to it. (Letter to James H. Hackett, November 2, 1863)
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