“People now marvel how it came to pass that Mr. Lincoln should have been selected as the representative man of any party. His weak, wishy-washy, namby-pamby efforts, imbecile in matter, disgusting in manner, have made us the laughing stock of the whole world.
“The European powers will despise us because we have no better material out of which to make a President.
“The truth is, Lincoln is only a moderate lawyer and in the larger cities of the Union could pass for no more than a facetious pettifogger. Take him from his vocation and he loses even these small characteristics and indulges in simple twaddle which would disgrace a well bred school boy.”
— Salem Advocate, 1861
— Salem Advocate, 1861
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Well done, CondorFlight! How did you pull that one out of the hat?