From “Lincoln 365,” by Arnold Kunst
October 4
Over and over again opposition
newspapers large and small said that Lincoln's goal was to raise the
then-current presidential salary of $25,000 to $100,000 a year, as he wished,
that he was drawing his salary in gold [think ‘real money’] while the soldiers
were paid in greenbacks [think ‘Monopoly money’] as he wished, that his length
of time in office was to be fixed by Congress for a life term, as he wished.
'Trying to squash a rumor is like
trying to un-ring a bell.'
- Shana Alexander
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