“ There has been no greater disappointment to me as an American than watching the deep state conduct a coup on the Trump administration and have at least half of the public not know about it, or understand it”
The nation went through a similar period after the Civil War. Lincoln wanted to reintegrate the south into the union — “With malice toward none and charity for all.” Lincoln was a strong leader and might have prevailed against the radical majority in his own party who favored a policy of punishment, subjugation, political neutering, and restitution. Lincoln was assassinated, and his VP successor Andrew Johnson, tried to generally follow Lincoln’s desired path for reintegration of the Confederate states. He was a weaker leader and lacked the support of the Republican Party radicals in Congress who impeached him but were unable to convict him in the Senate trial. However they, allied with a vicious, radical press, were able to neuter Johnson as president and drive him from political life.
Johnson was forced from politics by the radicals who successfully ran a ticket with war hero Ulysses S. Grant as president and Schuyler Colfax as VP. Colfax had been a founder of the Republican Party and served as Speaker of the House in Congress from 1863 to 1869 when he became VP. Colfax was pure establishment, a corrupt and tyrannical leader of the radical Republicans determined to punish the South and its people.
During his term as Vice President a newspaper implicated Schuyler in a scandal involving payments to politicians, A Congressional investigation showed Schuyler was on the take while serving as House Speaker, However the Republicans controlling Congress declined to impeach him for accepting bribes. He retired from politics after a single tour as VP and became a popular public speaker and successful businessman.
A footnote, The night Lincoln was assassinated, other assassins involved with John Wikes Booth were supposed to kill VP Andrew Jackson but chickened out. If Jackson had also been killed Schuyler Colfax, as House Speaker, would have become President. Colfax and the radical Republicans would have enjoyed complete power over the e ecutive and legislative branches of the federal government. They would have crashed the defeated southern states with vengeance and cruelty. Could the assassination plot against Lincoln and Johnson been a deep state conspiracy? If the corrupt, ruthless and vindictive Schuyler Colfax had become President of a nation governed under one party control, would he have prevented the southern states from rejoining the union, thereby eliminating any potential political opposition? He could have been the first president elected for more than two terms and potentially for life as there was no Constitutional term limit at the time.
Why don’t we know about Schuyler Colfax? The victors write history and his corruption doesn’t fit the story progressive schools want the people to know.
The Republic survived Schuyler Colfax, one party domination of politics, impeachment, a Civil War, the Lincoln presidential assassination, and the ugly Reconstruction period that fostered one party Democrat party rule a d racial segregation in the southern states for decades. Had Lincoln lived to serve a full second term, he might have blunted the passions of the radical Republicans and channeled resources into integrating the destitute newly freed slaves into a rebuilding economy.
Very interesting information. Thank you!
Very informative. Thank you.