1864, McClellan vs. Lincoln: Providence

American Elections: Wicked Game

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🗓️ 11 February 2020

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Summary

While President Lincoln battles the Confederacy down South, he fights to keep the White House from the clutches of the Democratic Party. In the midst of the Civil War, Lincoln faces off against a disgruntled General, a divided constituency and broken country. To win, Lincoln takes the first step towards finally confronting America’s original sin and makes the war, and the election of 1864, a referendum on a divisive political and moral issue: emancipation.

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0:00.0	It's February 18, 1861, inauguration day.
0:17.4	After a long train ride, the president-elect has finally arrived, though his journey was
0:21.6	filled with bands, bonfires, and seas of well-wishers in every town.
0:26.1	He is filled with trepidation.
0:28.4	As escorted by a military parade, he rides to the steps of the capital in an elegant
0:32.3	open carriage drawn by six white horses.
0:37.2	Readied by tremendous fanfare, he solemnly climbs the stairs and takes a seat on the
0:41.7	platform.
0:42.7	A Bible rests on the table beside him, along with a stunning wreath of flowers.
0:47.2	As a short prayer is offered, he cannot help but feel the weight of the moment.
0:51.6	He knows the very survival of the nation, celebrating him today, rests squarely on his
0:56.0	shoulders.
0:57.8	When the prayer is finished, he rises to the podium, crowd falls into the deepest of silence.
1:03.4	Call to the difficult and responsible station of chief executive, I approach the discharge
1:08.3	of the duties assigned to me with a humble distrust of my abilities, but with a sustaining
1:12.9	confidence in the wisdom of those who were to guide and aid me in the administration
1:16.9	of public affairs and an inviting faith in the virtue and patriotism of the people.
1:22.4	The task before him will not be easy.
1:24.9	If the Union torn into this new leader, former Mississippi Congressman Jefferson Davis,
1:30.6	will only be president of the southern half.
1:33.0	I enter upon the duties of office of which I have been chosen with the hope that the
1:36.6	beginning of our career as a Confederacy may not be obstructed by hostile opposition
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