Abraham Lincoln in the New York Press, 1860-1876 Brawl with Jefferson Davis While New York’s publishers, business leaders, elected officials, writers, preachers, and editors were able convincingly to introduce positive images of Lincoln, at the same time they promulgated a parallel, wholly negative Lincoln reputation – that of frontier hick, jokester, ruthless military leader, and heartless tyrant – constituting one of the most astonishing episodes in the history of what Lincoln himself once called ‘public sentiment’.

Abraham Lincoln in the New York Press, 1860-1876 Brawl with Jefferson Davis

While New York’s publishers, business leaders, elected officials, writers, preachers, and editors were able convincingly to introduce positive images of Lincoln, at the same time they promulgated a parallel, wholly negative Lincoln reputation – that of frontier hick, jokester, ruthless military leader, and heartless tyrant – constituting one of the most astonishing episodes in the history of what Lincoln himself once called ‘public sentiment’.

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