Lincoln Discussion Symposium

I remember that event with JWB and Badeau. That dangerous situation brought out the best of JWB. It would have been a good arguing point when he met his maker, lol. What was the nature of the scandal?

I would prefer not to start a discussion on that particular subject on this forum. You can find the topic on at least one online source related to Mr. Badeau.

So a gay scandal, I guess, which is what he seemed in her book. In Iran it wouldn't have been possible because the Iranian president said homosexuality doesn't exist in his country.

Great post Laurie!

I have a question. Did anyone ever try or plan to poison Lincoln?

Good question MaddieM,I have always asked myself the same question!

Maddie, the only thing I can think of is something I read in Theodore Roscoe's The Web of Conspiracy. Roscoe wrote, "One day (we are told) a woman spy disguised in widow's weeds, heavily veiled, walked into Lincoln's office and tried to poison him with a kiss. Smallpox. The story may be apocryphal, but the President did, in fact, contract a mild case of varioloid."

(07-31-2015 08:43 AM)RJNorton Wrote: [ -> ]Maddie, the only thing I can think of is something I read in Theodore Roscoe's The Web of Conspiracy. Roscoe wrote, "One day (we are told) a woman spy disguised in widow's weeds, heavily veiled, walked into Lincoln's office and tried to poison him with a kiss. Smallpox. The story may be apocryphal, but the President did, in fact, contract a mild case of varioloid."

I have another question. Could it at all be feasible that members of Lincoln's own cabinet might have plotted his death?

Stanton has been the fall guy on that claim for years. I once gave some consideration to Salmon P. Chase, but as badly as he wanted the Presidency, I just could not make a case.

(07-30-2015 06:16 PM)MaddieM Wrote: [ -> ]I have a question. Did anyone ever try or plan to poison Lincoln?

There is a strong case that Taylor was poisoned and a weaker one that poison was tried on Buchanan.

If you count smallpox infestation as poison then yes. Dr. Luke Blackburn tried it with the consent of Jeff Davis. Did Lincoln's son Willie die due to poison or disease. Pick your conspiracy and take your choice.

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(07-25-2015 01:49 PM)Wild Bill Wrote: [ -> ]I saw the unbelievable figures on how much the average American man drank in the 19th century somewhere. Believe it or not, Booth was about average. That's why the 19th amendment got passed. Only it made the whole thing worse!

Princess Diana once told me that the French still drink that way.

"In wine there is wisdom, in beer there is freedom, in water there is bacteria." -Benjamin Franklin.

(08-02-2015 11:36 AM)Rosieo Wrote: [ -> ]PS How does one get to be a Forum MASTER?! !! [/font][/size]

It's no to hard.
- Keep your posting fee$ current
- There will be times when people do not agree with you
- Be polite and respectful, especially to the peole who don't agree with you
- Remembr, we all make mistaks.
- Don't believe everything you read on the internet
- Forum Master is also based on the number of posts you make.

(08-02-2015 02:15 PM)Gene C Wrote: [ -> ]- Forum Master is also based on the number of posts you make.

Here are the user titles that are part of the forum's MyBB software:

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(08-02-2015 04:21 PM)RJNorton Wrote: [ -> ]Here are the user titles that are part of the forum's MyBB software:

Hey, Roger--

How come the user title you assigned to me isn't on that list?!??!?



--Jim

(08-02-2015 05:41 PM)Jim Page Wrote: [ -> ]

(08-02-2015 04:21 PM)RJNorton Wrote: [ -> ]Here are the user titles that are part of the forum's MyBB software:

Hey, Roger--

How come the user title you assigned to me isn't on that list?!??!?



--Jim

Jim - You are one of the nicest curmudgeons that I know!

(08-02-2015 06:06 PM)L Verge Wrote: [ -> ]Jim - You are one of the nicest curmudgeons that I know!

Why, thanks, Laurie! You make it easy to be that way.

--Jim