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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Johannes Pilch who wrote (440171)	8/8/2003 5:17:34 PM
From: Lazarus_Long	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

Largely? I would assume the North was largely for his posture since the North elected him. It certainly wasn't the South. Many Southerners moved north to work in the factories, and their political affinities remained with the South. Simplistic. Many of those newcomers in the North were foreign immigrants. They mostly were at the bottom of the economic pile and saw freed slaves as competition. And regardless of their origin, many Northerners opposed emancipation. And some Southerners favored it. West Virginia seceded from Virginia. Jones County in Mississippi seceded from Mississippi. poor Irish You are speaking of my ancestors, one of whom nevertheless fought in the Union Army. But to imply Lincoln was isolated 'from his own people' is not accurate. He was isolated from some undoubtedly. The majority clearly favored his views or he would not have been elected. He had to do a pretty good job of taking the North since the South solidly opposed him. Else, he would not possibly have been re-elected for a second term. He would not have been elected for a first term.