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To: chajin; henkster; CougarGA7; BroJoeK; central_va; Larry Lucido; wagglebee; Colonel_Flagg; Amagi; ...
Captain Brand of the Schooner “Centipede,” by Lieut. Henry A. Wise, U.S.N. (Harry Gringo). Part I, Chapter I-III – 1-4
Editorials – 4-5
The Lounger – 5-6
On the Way to Charleston – 6
Hon. Thomas Corwin, of Ohio – 6-8
The Woman in White, by Wilkie Collins, Miss Halcombe’s Narrative Continued – 8-11
Literary – 11
Domestic Intelligence – 11-13
Foreign News – 13-14
Another Tenement House Massacre – 15-17, 19
Departure of the Japanese Envoys for This Country – 17, 19
The Demon of Homburg – 19-20
An Honest Arab – 20-21
Humors of the Day – 21-22
The Uncommercial Traveler, No. V, By Charles Dickens – 22-23
The New Partner, or “Clingham & Co., Bankers, by Fitz Hugh Ludlow Chapter XI – 23-26
Scene in Union Square, New York, on a March Day – 26
2 posted on 04/07/2020 7:34:59 AM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson ("Every nation gets the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))
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To: Homer_J_Simpson; OIFVeteran; DiogenesLamp
"Hon. Thomas Corwin, of Ohio – 6-8"

Nice puff-piece on Ohio Republican Representative Thomas Corwin who was, like Lincoln himself, born in Kentucky.
Corwin lived in & represented Lebanon Ohio (then Ohio 7), a few miles northeast of Cincinnati.

During the War of 1812 young Corwin served as a wagon boy in General Harrison's army, earning him the nickname "Wagon Boy" along with "Black Tom" for his swarthy skin.

In 1861 many proposals will attempt to "compromise" between secessionists and Republicans, all to be defeated by united Republican opposition.
Except for one, Black Tom's proposal, which will be pushed by Senator Seward -- with or without Lincoln's knowledge, but certainly without Lincoln's opposition.

Lincoln will believe Corwin's proposal simply expressed his own understanding of what the Constitution already implied.
Corwin's Amendment will help persuade Border States like Kentucky and Maryland to reject secession.
It will have no effect on secessionists.

3 posted on 04/07/2020 3:31:12 PM PDT by BroJoeK ((a little historical perspective...))
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