[William McKinley]

Well, I don't know if you read this guy's letter or not, but if you do you will see that he saw the bulldozer coming down the road. He didn't realize it would hit him as well, but vision is better in hindsight.

One thing this gentleman hit on that I think has gotten lost is the way the anti-capitalist radicals, who have been in this country since day one, were first allied with the south but were going to turn on the south with a vengeance. They played a huge part in things going to hell; they always do, since they want tumult to try to use it to enact their radical, levelling agenda.

Another thing that helped it all go to hell is that the President before Lincoln was a weak man, a shape shifting politician when the world needed a statesman, an emotional invalid who relied on his neice to fill part of the role of a wife. The wrong man at the wrong time.

[Lael]

Another thing that helped it all go to hell is that the President before Lincoln was a weak man, a shape shifting politician when the world needed a statesman, an emotional invalid who relied on his neice to fill part of the role of a wife. The wrong man at the wrong time.

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