President Lincoln's Abuse Of Power In The Years 1860-1861

fool. With this type of war created a different type of power that could and was used by president Lincoln; Having this be an internal war it created an existence of violence and domestic political differences. All in which lead to the abuse of authority and power by President Lincoln. Lincoln used this authority not to only fix the Union, but to also change its nature without suspicion. Bradford then list a few things to help further explain why this is not just an over stretched theory by saying how Lincoln began his tenure without interference from congress, “summoned militia, spent millions, suspended law, authorized recruiting, decreed a blockade, defined the Supreme Court , and pledged the nation’s credit”(248). Then continues to talk
Firstly a large portion of Lincoln;s works predicts that the first Republican president, him, would come to face crisis following soon after his election into office. Then Lincoln makes a furtherr prediction that this so called crisis would be settled quickly with the “combination of persuasion, force,and Southern loyalty to the Union”(Bradford 249). Well To say the least Lincoln had got most of that prediction correct except for the overestimation that is the South’s loyalty to the Union. Bradford ten states how Lincoln, “made the mistake of explaining in simple economic terms the South’s hostile reaction to anti-slavery proposals”; as well as the further mistake of, “attempting to end the ‘rebellion’ with the same sort of simplistic appeals to the prospect of riches”(249). Seems like Lincoln did not know what he had got himself into by starting larger than life feud between the North and South, and only continued to dig himself into a deeper hole when trying to fix this
Taking a closer look at what Paludan had to say it was quite comical. Paludan explains, “the presidency of Abraham Lincoln can show that Lincoln managed to shape a public understanding, how at times he failed, but how he usually succeeded. Thus he set standards that makes it legitimate that we, when the better angels of our nature prevail, define ourselves in important ways by who Lincoln was, by what he did, and by what he said”(243). Yet Lincoln only succeeded when he wanted the people of America to believe he did; Lincoln was nothing more than a master of puppets having others dish out his dirty work that he could not do