Monday, December 24, 2018

Martin F. Conway to George L. Stearns, November 1, 1861

[WASHINGTON, D.C., November 1, 1861.]

Our Administration is undoubtedly pro-slavery. Its object is to bring the old elements into power, which used to exist North and South as the Whig party, espewing the “Wooley Head” faction and taking in the “Silver Grey.” Lincoln is an old Kentucky Whig, and Seward has gone over. They are pro-slavery; but talk about placing slavery where “it will be in the course of ultimate extinction,” which is an utter fallacy

SOURCE: Preston Stearns, The Life and Public Services of George Luther Stearns, p. 257

1 comment:

Seeker said...

Martin lived long enough to eat those words, as Lincoln proved to be good to his word, that slavery would have to die, or Union dies.

You forgot to mention that Conway at first supported the vile fraud of Kansas Act, which smart people like Lincoln and Sumner already exposed as a vile fraud designed to spread slavery to the Pacific.

You might also mention that Conway shot people who he felt harmed his political career, and was put in padded cell. He died in the Hospital for the INsane.

Im not sure if you are trying to prove something bad about Lincoln or what, but I suggest you get more facts. This might help http://trashinglincoln.blogspot.com/