On the recordJanuary 1, 1881
Happily for the country, happily for you and for me, the judgment of James Buchanan, the patrician, was not the judgment of Abraham Lincoln, the plebeian.
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Frederick Douglass
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gutenberg.orgFrederick Douglass: “Happily for the country, happily for you and for me, the judgment of James Buchanan, the patrician, was not the judgment…”
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In a speech honoring Abraham Lincoln, Douglass contrasts Lincoln's decisive leadership with the perceived failure of his predecessor, James Buchanan.
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