The site refered to is a softshoe approach to the election of '84. It
doesn't cover the fraud, etc in the elections and under plays the role of
Sherman's actions in the Southeast. This site is designed to preach to
the choir and the PC minded of today and glosses over the full impact of
the election, most noteworthy due to the fact that for the first time a
country at war actually held elections, and the great amount of fraud that
took place.
Even Lincoln thought he would lose and only felt good about the election
after Atlanta fell.
M. Westbrook
--- Anne Pemberton <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Wishful thinking! McClellan only carried two states, New Jersey and
> Kentucky. The problem in the election of 1864 was in selecting
> Republican
> candidate, all of whom had more radical platforms on emancipation and
> post
> war expectations for the south than Lincoln did. Check out
> http://elections.harpweek.com/4Overview/overview-1864-1.htm and other
> sites
> that discuss the election. Once Lincoln was chosen for the Republicans,
> McClellan lost any ground he had gained during the pre-convention
> activities. The US was not going to just give up the victory to the
> South.
> The support for emancipation and the end to slavery in the US had taken
> hold.
>
> Anne
>
> At 07:43 PM 3/3/03 -0500, you wrote:
> >McClellan makes the peace based on his past associations with the
> South's
> >leaders and the South returns to the Union on a pledge that slavery
> will
> >remain in tact (in spite of the war platform that he ran on).
> >
> >JDS
> >
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