The Reputation of Presidents Takes a Hit in Their Second Term

[David Lockmiller]

(08-24-2022 06:27 AM)Wild Bill Wrote:  I have written a paper on this topic an conclude that Lincoln would have quite well in a second term, although he would have agreed with Radical Republicans on most policies. It supposedly has been accepted bu Lincoln Herald, but I have yer to see it in print

Can you post some portion here?

I also found this: President Lincoln's Letter to Governor Hahn

I like the first paragraph and the facsimile of the letter President Lincoln wrote to Governor Hahn on third and last page. It shows how important the right to vote in elections is to progress in a democracy.

MR. LINCOLN'S LETTER.

EXECUTIVE MANSION, WASHINGTON, March 13, 1864. [Please note the date. This was long before he wrote the "blind memorandum" on August 23, 1864.]

Hon. Michael Hahn:

MY DEAR SIR: I congratulate you on having fixed your name in history as the first free-State Governor of Louisiana. Now you are about to have a convention, which, among other things, will probably define the elective franchise. I barely suggest, for your private consideration, whether some of the colored people may not be let in, as, for instance, the very intelligent, and especially those who have fought gallantly in our ranks. They would probably help, in some trying time to come, to keep the jewel of liberty in the family of freedom. But this is only a suggestion, not to the public, but to you alone.

Yours truly,
A. LINCOLN.