Anonymous ID: 63a0c1 Aug. 4, 2018, 10:07 p.m. No.2459738   🗄️.is đź”—kun

Public's perception of Lincoln's courage

 

Whether or not the president-elect was ever in any real danger of being assassinated, Lincoln's efforts to reach Washington, D.C., safely instantly became a humiliating cause célèbre across the nation, much to his chagrin.

 

Several elements of the initial New York Times article of February 23, 1861 were especially damning. Primarily, the fact that such a negative report came from an ardently Republican newspaper gave it instant credibility,[11] much more than it would have enjoyed if it had come from a Copperhead or Southern source. When The New York Times published Joseph Howard, Jr.'s account of the President-elect disguised in a scotch-cap and long cloak, the nation "rocked with laughter, bringing abuse and ridicule down on Lincoln."[12]

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baltimore_Plot