Abraham Lincoln: A political Genius

Abraham Lincoln: A political Genius

Introduction

In 1846, Abraham Lincoln was elected to federal congress. He was a resolute opponent of President Polk, fought the war against Mexico, summoning the president to declare in what place would have happened to the alleged violation of borders. He demanded the extension of rights of the Union against those particular States, abolitionists argued fiercely, calling for the abolition of slavery in the District (1849). He campaigned vigorously for candidates Whigs, presented himself unsuccessfully in the Senate (1849), and refused the governorship of Oregon. He made ??a brilliant campaign in 1855 and was presented by the State as candidate for vice-presidency of the republic, but not chosen. In 1858, Abraham Lincoln was carried to the Senate election against Stephen A. Douglas won. The debate focused mainly on the admission of Kansas into the Union as slave state or not slavery. The campaign was of utmost importance because Lincoln forced his competitor to speak out against the Dred Scott decision, which alienated some Democrats and then dividing this party, decided his defeat in the presidential election. For the Senate election, Abraham Lincoln had the majority (4000 votes) vote of the electors of the first degree, but the distribution of electoral districts secured eight-vote majority in which Douglas was re-elected. In 1859, he continued the fight against it in Ohio, and then visited Kansas, New York, and New England, where he was acclaimed.

The Republican convention for choosing a presidential candidate platform adopted for the denial of the legality of slavery (May 18, 1859); the next day it chooses its candidate; the struggle was confined between Abraham Lincoln and Seward, and first appointed to the third ballot. The Democrats had a majority in the country, but they divided; the extreme southerners bore Breckenridge, northerners Douglas and more moderate party of the "constitutional union" Bell. To vote on November 6, Abraham Lincoln had no two-fifths of the votes of the electors of the first degree (1,866,452 votes against 1,294,574 for Douglas, 850,082 to 646,124 in Breckenridge and Bell), but the electoral system U.S. assured him the majority of voters of the second degree, he had all the votes of Northern States, 180, against 12 in Douglas, Breckenridge and 72 to 39 for Bell. The period preceding the inauguration of new president was occupied by his attempts at conciliation. He was trying to avoid secession and war, offering positions in several of his most distinguished opponents. They refused.

Abraham Lincoln nearly even is assassinated in Baltimore when he went to Washington to inaugurate his government (March 4, 1861). The civil war began six weeks. Lincoln displayed great energy there, unshaken constancy. From April 15, he called 75,000 volunteers, declaring that the abolition of slavery would be the price of the fight. However, in May 1862 he was still trying to admit slavery to a system of gradual emancipation. Within months, he proclaimed immediately in all states in rebellion.

Discussion

Lincoln (Abraham), sixteenth president of the United States, born in Hardin ...