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February 16, 1861, Abraham Lincoln speaks in Buffalo, New York.

I'm John Meacham, and this is Reflections of History.

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Lincoln was riding into the storm.

The president-elect had left Springfield on Monday, February 11, 1861 bound for Washington.

He had resisted in treaties to come to the Capitol earlier in the winter.

I don't want to go before the middle of February, because I expect they will drive me insane

after I get there, and I want to keep tolerably saying, at least until after the inauguration,

he remarked.

Lincoln now set off on what he modestly called an errand of national importance.

Scheduled to speak at several points along the route, Lincoln asked organizers to be efficient,

writing, please arrange no ceremonies which will waste time.

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