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I don't know about you but the more I learn about Edwin Stanton the more I wonder who he is and what he stood for.
1. He stated the perfect example of the missing link lives right here in Washington and insulted Lincoln on more than one occasion.
2. Swore to George B. McClellan and his father to be George's largest supporter loyal till the end. He even offered to lie naked in a gutter and allow George to stand on his body as long as he saw use of it. Then secretly planned with Lincoln to have him removed from command.
3. Immediately upon Lincolns assignation launch a military tribunal into a case that conventionally should have been tried in a civilian court and jury.
The man seems to me to be a the worst kind of specimen of human life. Conveniently loyal to the cause that SERVERS HIM BEST!
Lincoln knew what Stanton's opinion of him were but thought he could control him. He felt having him in service was more beneficial than dismissing him. What did he see beneficial about a man that was capable of anything that served himself. This guy has me totally confused.
1. He stated the perfect example of the missing link lives right here in Washington and insulted Lincoln on more than one occasion.
2. Swore to George B. McClellan and his father to be George's largest supporter loyal till the end. He even offered to lie naked in a gutter and allow George to stand on his body as long as he saw use of it. Then secretly planned with Lincoln to have him removed from command.
3. Immediately upon Lincolns assignation launch a military tribunal into a case that conventionally should have been tried in a civilian court and jury.
The man seems to me to be a the worst kind of specimen of human life. Conveniently loyal to the cause that SERVERS HIM BEST!
Lincoln knew what Stanton's opinion of him were but thought he could control him. He felt having him in service was more beneficial than dismissing him. What did he see beneficial about a man that was capable of anything that served himself. This guy has me totally confused.
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