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Amen, he writes well: "As I have said, this southern threat lost many votes, but it gained more than would cover the lost. It frightened the timid, but stimula
by pcunite 6y ago
Amen, he writes well:
"As I have said, this southern threat lost many votes, but it gained more than would cover the lost. It frightened the timid, but stimulated the brave; and the result was—the triumphant election of Abraham Lincoln."
[1] https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Life_and_Times_of_Frederick_Douglass_(1892)/Chapter_31 https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Life_and_Times_of_Frederick_D...
- ixtli 6y agoMarx wrote a letter of congratulations to Lincoln when he was elected as well, as a referendum on slavery. It would be silly to think that is uncritical support of the country tho.