With Malice Toward None
The Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Exhibition
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The Death of Democracy
This Southern broadside declares the inauguration of Abraham Lincoln as president tantamount to the death of democracy. Personifying the situation, “Democracy” is said to leave an only son, “Slavery Extension.” Funeral services are scheduled for March 4, Inauguration Day.