Lincoln and the Patronage (Classic Reprint)

Download or read book Lincoln and the Patronage (Classic Reprint) written by Carl Russell Fish and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-08-30 with total page 22 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Lincoln and the Patronage Nounced The second inaugural of President Lincoln takes place at Washington to-day, and an immense throng of politicians have already ocked thither, to push their fortunes. Lin coln was firm, however, and March 7 the same paper stated: Office-seekers were informed that no general removal of officers would be made. This really unusual willingness to diminish the power of the patronage, even though personal annoyance was the main cause of it, was a long step on the road to reform, and it is by no means improbable that Lincoln, with his wonderful capacity for growth, might have accepted the idea of appointment by ex amination, and advanced it to an earlier victory. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."