he writes horace greely from the new york tribune and corrects one of his mistakes and he's reaching out to people, they didn't have rolodexes, but he's working his rolodex, reaching out to people he met. he asks stevens, i'm about to start for home. i desire the experienced opinion of a politician as to how the vote of that state for governor and president is likely to go. and listen to how smooth this is. in casting about for such a man, i have settled upon you. and i shall be much obliged if you could write me in springfield, illinois. this is abraham lincoln working his network, and stevens responds just as fluidly. he responds by calling abraham lincoln the wise one and asking for him about information for his state, and stevens at that time was a abolitionist, a supporter of the underground railroad, but his advice was utterly pragmatic. we have to reach out to the know nothings, the nativists, the anti-catholics and infuse with them. this is a footnote, but it's worth mentioning. 1848 is this wonderful moment where people like thaddeus stevens, abraham lincoln and alexander st

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mocking horace greely, who was then running for president. he had said let us clap hands over the bloody chasm of civil war memory. and he re-created it by depicting greely to expending out his hand over the dead of anderson vil andersonville prison. and i think for me, at least, the notion that we have moved from this to this is significant, right? how in your opinion do we get from a northern memory that is at least in part in 1872 still strongly condemning the confederate military apparatus, from there to the handshake? what do you think? john? >> it's fromçascpx the whole dr reconciliation. it's bringing back the union together in an attempt to create a more robust, complete, together nation. >> okay, tara? >> i think it's time. in 50 years has past before they have taken the photo. some of the hard feelings may start to vanish over the time. >> okay, jamie. >> that was sort of the moment for a lot of the veterans who are now politicians to find a commonality amongst imperialism in the late 19th century. >> when confederate veterans decid

talk about the mexican war as a precursor, a prelude, but the congress that lincoln served in has horace greely and alexander stevens and sidelines waiting to enter. this is part of lincoln's story. it's a preview for him of what is to come. you know, i don't imagine that tony kushner or steven spielberg could have worked all this background in somehow to the movie. i'm not complaining they didn't, but all this background is important to understand what is really going on. and the details matter. they know the details matter. if you look back at the lincoln movie, you'll realize the purpose of the scene in the kitchen is to give lincoln credit for changing stevens' mind. they have this debate in the kitchen and argue over tactics and talk about compasses and maps and stevens is talking about shittin orshitting on the and a week later, and he's being race baited by democrats about what would happen after abolition, stevens says he only supports equality under the law. that's a powerful scene, and mary lincoln points out who would have thought this old man would have ever come around in that fash

mocking horace greely, who was then running for president.he had said let us clap hands over the bloody chasm of civil war memory. and he re-created it by depicting greely to expending out his hand over the dead of anderson vil andersonville prison. and i think for me, at least, the notion that we have moved from this to this is significant, right? how in your opinion do we get from a northern memory that is at least in part in 1872 still strongly condemning the confederate military apparatus, from there to the handshake? what do you think? john? >> it's fromçascpx the whole dr reconciliation. it's bringing back the union together in an attempt to create a more robust, complete, together nation. >> okay, tara? >> i think it's time. in 50 years has past before they have taken the photo. some of the hard feelings may start to vanish over the time. >> okay, jamie. >> that was sort of the moment for a lot of the veterans who are now politicians to find a commonality amongst imperialism in the late 19th century. >> when confederate veterans decide

mocking horace greely, who was then running for president.had said let us clap hands over the bloody chasm of civil war memory. and he re-created it by depicting greely to expending out his hand over the dead of andersonville prison. and i think for me, at least, the notion that we have moved from this to this is significant, right? how in your opinion do we get from a northern memory that is at least in part in 1872 still strongly condemning the confederate military apparatus, from there to the handshake? what do you think? john? >> it's from the whole drive of reconciliation. it's bringing back the union together in an attempt to create a more robust, complete, together nation. >> okay, tara? >> i think it's time. in 50 years has past before they have taken the photo. some of the hard feelings may start to vanish over the time. >> okay, jamie. >> that was sort of the moment for a lot of the veterans who are now politicians to find a commonality amongst imperialism in the late 19th century. >> when confederate veterans decided they should su