No one understood the political vulnerabilities of the [Emancipation] Proclamation better than Lincoln. Following his September announcement, the Democratic Party declared political war on emancipation and spoke of the Proclamation as the death knell of the Republican Party. On the other side, the radical Republicans were furious that Lincoln hadn’t made emancipation universal and immediate, and they threatened to cut off funding for the war.
Christopher Flannery, American Christmas, American New Year, Imprimis, 12/22
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