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The Tragic Era: The Revolution After Lincoln

Claude Gernade Bowers

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Description:"If Hilaire Belloc is right in his opinion that readable history is melodrama the true story of the 12 tragic years that followed the death of Lincoln should be entertaining. They were years of revolutionary turmoil, with the elemental passions predominant, & with broken bones & bloody noses among the fighting factionalists. The prevailing note was one of tragedy, tho, as we shall see, there was an abundance of comedy & not a little of farce. Never have American public men in responsible positions, directing the destiny of the Nation, been so brutal, hypocritical & corrupt The Constitution was treated as a doormat on which politicians & army officers wiped their feet after wading in the muck. Never has the Supreme Court been treated with such ineffable contempt & never has that tribunal so often cringed before the clamor of the mob. So appalling is the picture of these revolutionary years that even historians have preferred to overlook many essential things. Thus, Andrew Johnson who fought the bravest battle for constitutional liberty & for the preservation of our institutions ever waged by an Executive, until recently was left in the pillory to which unscrupulous gamblers for power consigned him, because the unvarnished truth that vindicates him makes so many statues in public squares & parks seem a bit grotesque. That Johnson was maligned by his enemies because he was seeking honestly to carry out the conciliatory & wise policy of Lincoln is now generally understood, but even now few realise how intensely Lincoln was hated by the Radicals at the time of his death. A complete understanding of this period calls for a reappraisal of many public men. Some statesmen we have been taught to reverence will appear in these pages in sorry roles. Others, who played conspicuous parts, but have been denied the historical recognition due them, are introduced & shown in action. Thus the able leaders of the minority in Congress are given fuller treatment than has been fashionable, since they represented more Americans, North & South, than the leaders of the Radical majority, & were nearer right on the issues of reconstruction. Thus, too, the brilliant & colorful leaders & spokesmen of the South are given their proper place in the dramatic struggle for the preservation of Southern civilisation & the redemption of their people, I've sought to recreate the black & bloody drama of these years, to show the leaders of the fighting factions at close range, to picture the moving masses, both whites & blacks, in North & South, surging rawly under the influence of the poisonous propaganda on which they were fed. That the Southern people literally were put to the torture is vaguely understood, but even historians have shrunk from the unhappy task of showing us the torture chambers. It's impossible to grasp the real significance of the revolutionary proceedings of the rugged conspirators working out the policies of Thaddeus Stevens without making many journeys among the Southern people & seeing with our own eyes the indignities to which they were subjected. Thru many unpublished contemporary family letters & diaries, I have tried to show the psychological effect upon them of the despotic policies of which they were the victims. Brutal men, inspired by personal ambition or party motives assumed the pose of philanthropists & patriots & thus deceived & misguided vast numbers of well-meaning people in the North. In the effort to recreate the atmosphere & temper of the times I have made free use of the newspapers of those times. Invaluable for this purpose has been my access to the unpublished diary of Geo W. Julian which covers the entire period. Thru him we are able to sit in at important conferences that hitherto have been closed to the historians."--preface (edited)We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Tragic Era: The Revolution After Lincoln. To get started finding The Tragic Era: The Revolution After Lincoln, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: "If Hilaire Belloc is right in his opinion that readable history is melodrama the true story of the 12 tragic years that followed the death of Lincoln should be entertaining. They were years of revolutionary turmoil, with the elemental passions predominant, & with broken bones & bloody noses among the fighting factionalists. The prevailing note was one of tragedy, tho, as we shall see, there was an abundance of comedy & not a little of farce. Never have American public men in responsible positions, directing the destiny of the Nation, been so brutal, hypocritical & corrupt The Constitution was treated as a doormat on which politicians & army officers wiped their feet after wading in the muck. Never has the Supreme Court been treated with such ineffable contempt & never has that tribunal so often cringed before the clamor of the mob. So appalling is the picture of these revolutionary years that even historians have preferred to overlook many essential things. Thus, Andrew Johnson who fought the bravest battle for constitutional liberty & for the preservation of our institutions ever waged by an Executive, until recently was left in the pillory to which unscrupulous gamblers for power consigned him, because the unvarnished truth that vindicates him makes so many statues in public squares & parks seem a bit grotesque. That Johnson was maligned by his enemies because he was seeking honestly to carry out the conciliatory & wise policy of Lincoln is now generally understood, but even now few realise how intensely Lincoln was hated by the Radicals at the time of his death. A complete understanding of this period calls for a reappraisal of many public men. Some statesmen we have been taught to reverence will appear in these pages in sorry roles. Others, who played conspicuous parts, but have been denied the historical recognition due them, are introduced & shown in action. Thus the able leaders of the minority in Congress are given fuller treatment than has been fashionable, since they represented more Americans, North & South, than the leaders of the Radical majority, & were nearer right on the issues of reconstruction. Thus, too, the brilliant & colorful leaders & spokesmen of the South are given their proper place in the dramatic struggle for the preservation of Southern civilisation & the redemption of their people, I've sought to recreate the black & bloody drama of these years, to show the leaders of the fighting factions at close range, to picture the moving masses, both whites & blacks, in North & South, surging rawly under the influence of the poisonous propaganda on which they were fed. That the Southern people literally were put to the torture is vaguely understood, but even historians have shrunk from the unhappy task of showing us the torture chambers. It's impossible to grasp the real significance of the revolutionary proceedings of the rugged conspirators working out the policies of Thaddeus Stevens without making many journeys among the Southern people & seeing with our own eyes the indignities to which they were subjected. Thru many unpublished contemporary family letters & diaries, I have tried to show the psychological effect upon them of the despotic policies of which they were the victims. Brutal men, inspired by personal ambition or party motives assumed the pose of philanthropists & patriots & thus deceived & misguided vast numbers of well-meaning people in the North. In the effort to recreate the atmosphere & temper of the times I have made free use of the newspapers of those times. Invaluable for this purpose has been my access to the unpublished diary of Geo W. Julian which covers the entire period. Thru him we are able to sit in at important conferences that hitherto have been closed to the historians."--preface (edited)We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Tragic Era: The Revolution After Lincoln. To get started finding The Tragic Era: The Revolution After Lincoln, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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