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“This seems like madness” – An editorial from the aftermath of the 1860 election hits close to home

Posted on April 3, 2018April 11, 2018 by Jake Wynn

"We are quarreling with our own prosperity, and about to fly from imaginary evils to greater evils, the extent of which cannot be imagined."

Posted in Civil War, ReflectionTagged 1860, 2016, Abraham Lincoln, Civil War, Democrat, Election, Pennsylvania, Reflection, RepublicanLeave a comment

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