Illinois State Register. 'The Emancipation Proclamation.' in the 'Illinois State Register, 02 January 1863' . Springfield: Illinois State Register, 1863. [format: newspaper], [genre: article]. Permission: Northern Illinois University
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But, unfortunately, no sooner was the administration well established than a war against the rights of the states and the federal constitution was commenced, with a fury and ruthlessness the most revolting and appalling. A war for the over throw of slavery was openly avowed, and become, at once, the leading policy of the party in power. It ran through the cabinet. It ran through the senate. It ran rampant through the house. The misguided president was a new man, but he was cunning enough to see that these people meant no good to him, in pandering to the abolition sentiment, so he determined to enter the china shop himself, and see if he could break fewer things than they; or, if breaking more, he could do it at less cost, which would make the account balance, more or less.