The washington Chronicle found a resemblance between Lincoln and Washington?

Question:What was it?

1.Excercised sure judgement?
2.Opposed Slavery?
3.Unshakeably honest?
4.Believed in Democratic Principles?

I'm unsure of the answer but I'm almost possible it's NOT 4 because he was a member of the republican party.

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: What was it?

1.Excercised sure judgement?
2.Opposed Slavery?
3.Unshakeably honest?
4.Believed in Democratic Principles?

I'm unsure of the answer but I'm almost possible it's NOT 4 because he was a member of the republican party.

I'm going to say #3.Unshakably honest.

As for #4, don't confuse the Democratic PARTY with Democratic Principals.
Two totally different things.
But I think you are correct that it is NOT the answer.

Whoops-I FOUND that Washington Chronicle phrase!

Washington Chronicle found a resemblance between him and George Washington in their “sure judgment,” “perfect balance of thoroughly sound faculties,” and “great calmness of temper, great firmness of purpose, supreme moral principle, and intense patriotism.”

SO...IT'S NUMBER 1 !!!

THERE YA GO!

~Actually, if you bother to read about the men you will find that they were both human and fallible. As such, they were hypocritical when it suited their purposes and ends. As categorical absolutes, none of the answers are correct.

Both acknowledged publicly their lapses of judgment. There are innumerable examples of poor judgment by each, many of which resulted in severe consequences to them personally or to the nation.

Washington owned slaves. Lincoln acknowledged that the right to own slaves was a constitutionally guaranteed right and he readily agreed that to preserve the Union he would allow slavery to continue where it existed and even to expand into the territories. He said on more than on occasion that the Emancipation Proclamation was his "greatest folly".

That each lied in private conversations and to the American people in public speeches is incontrovertible. Their propensity to mold the "truth" to suit their needs in their personal private dealings is beyond question and each was prone to do the same as Chief Executive (as are all presidents and politicians: as I said, they were fallible human beings.)

4. Define "Democratic" principals. Washington was a Federalist who preferred an oligarchy headed by the American aristocracy. Lincoln, a Republican, led the nation in a war to suppress the democratic will of the people of the South who had, by democratic process and popular vote, seceded from the union - as was their constitutional right. Neither believed Blacks or woman should have a say in government or at the polls. Both took actions as Chief Executive that were contrary to the clear and express language of the Constitution.

I would add "none of the above" to your options and select it. However, I would be prepared and able to defend doing so when I argued with the teacher about why I was right. Are you?