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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC00008 |
| From Archive Folder | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1862 |
| Title | Edwin McMasters Stanton to Nahum Capen attacking Lincoln's economic policies |
| Date | 24 February 1862 |
| Author | Stanton, Edwin McMasters (1814-1869) |
| Recipient | Capen, Nahum |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Less than a month after being appointed Secretary of War, Stanton makes a thinly-veiled attack on Lincoln's economic policies. Excerpt: “No public man, in times like these, can fail to have both his words and acts misunderstood & any one is fortunate whose conduct is so leniently criticized as mine has been. My official position was not sought for; it is held at great personal sacrifice, and aspiring to nothing beyond, having a heart single to the one great object of overcoming the rebellion and restoring the authority of the government in time to save the nation from the horrible gulf of bankruptcy – bankruptcy not to the government only but to every citizen – I am content to bear admonition and reproof for any real or supposed errors with humble submission.” |
| Subjects | Government and Civics Politics President Economics Lincoln's Cabinet |
| People | Stanton, E. M. (Edwin McMasters) (1814-1869) Capen, Nahum (1804-1886) |
| Place written | Washington, D.C. |
| Theme | The American Civil War; Banking & Economics; Government & Politics |
| Sub-collection | Papers and Images of the American Civil War |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |
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