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Title: A comic history of the United States
Year: 1880 (1880s)
Authors: Hopkins, Livingston, 1846-1927
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Publisher: New York American book exchange
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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178 THE FITNESS OF THINGS. Abraham Lincoln was willing to workLis passage. He earned every cent of hissalary, and rendered services to humanitywhich humanity will not soon forget. Soonafter his inauguration, in 1861, the Southernrebellion broke out, which was eventuallyput down by the hundred days men. Onpage 179 will be found some cheerful par-ticulars of the war between the North andSouth, the more somber details of whichwe leave to other and abler pens and pen-cils. Vice-President Andrew Johnson succeed-ed Mr. Lincoln, with somewhat doubtfulsuccess. As Mr. Johnson was a tailor byeducation he seemed to be the man of allothers cut out for the place; but his subse-quent conduct gave rise to conflicting opin-ions on this subject. He became the unfor
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180 *Mr POLICY, tunate proprietor of a policy* whichgave Congress a good deal of trouble.Near the expiration of his official career hegot a leave of absence, and swung aroundthe circle, (as he himself expressed it,)making speeches in which he comparedhimself to Andrew Jackson and seriouslycompromised himself by shamelessly ad-mitting that he had held every office in thegift of the people, from Alderman of hisnative village to President of the UnitedStates. During Mr. Johnsons Administration hehad more woes on account of Congress * Than wars or women have. Mr. Johnson would gladly have dispensed * Note.—Wr»have tried in vain to procure a ground planof this policy, hence we are unable to furnish any illustra-tion to this branch of our subject. TEE PRESENT INCUMBENT. 181 with Congress. Indeed, on one occasionlie made an attempt to impeach that body,but failed by one vote. Ulysses S. Gkant was put under bonds to keep the peaceMarch 4th, 1869. He served two terms,and went abroad to avoi

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