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November 14, 2024
160 YEARS AGO
Re-Election of Mr. Lincoln—It is probable that Mr. Lincoln—denounced by leading members of his own party as “a failure,” truly respected by but few of them, re-nominated by a convention made up largely of office-holders and contractors—has been re-elected to the Presidency of our dissevered and unhappy Republic. We esteem this a misfortune, which might have been prevented by wise action on the part of the Chicago Convention. The destinies of the country are to remain in the hands of incompetent men—who have mismanaged the war and the finances, and have shown contempt of constitutional restrictions—for another four years. Looking back upon the past, who would wish to penetrate the future and reveal the events of the next Presidential term? A prompt and radical change of policy can alone save our country from worse evils than those through which we have already passed. Dare we hope for that change—ardently desired by all conservative men?
November 11, 1864
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