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The Baltimore Sun once carried...
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The Baltimore Sun once carried an editorial about a president-elect.
"Had we any respect for Mr. (blank), official or personal, as a man, or as President-elect of the United States, his career and speeches on his way to the seat of government would have cruelly impaired it ... We do not believe the Presidency can ever be more degraded by any of his successors, than it has been by him, even before his inauguration."2
The president-elect to whom the editorial so derogatorily referred was Abraham Lincoln.
"Had we any respect for Mr. (blank), official or personal, as a man, or as President-elect of the United States, his career and speeches on his way to the seat of government would have cruelly impaired it ... We do not believe the Presidency can ever be more degraded by any of his successors, than it has been by him, even before his inauguration."2
The president-elect to whom the editorial so derogatorily referred was Abraham Lincoln.
