He had one plan for the pacification of the South and they another; they would have nothing to say to his plans, and he vetoed their plans as long as the Constitution permitted, and when they were, in spite of him, carried, he, as far as he could (and this was very much), embarrassed them in action.
Bagehot describes the conflict between the President and Congress, illustrating the challenges of governance during the Civil War.
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