Lincoln's Two Difficulties mb-width 2352 Brian Jones of The Rolling

Brian Jones of The Rolling Stones

View of a gate in Elm Court

A coach laden with passengers passing the front of a house before which two men are sitting at a table smoking pipes and drinking

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Lincoln's Two Difficulties mb-width 2352 Brian Jones of The Rolling'Lincoln's Two Difficulties', 1862. Lincoln comments: What? No Money! No Men! President Lincoln was calling for a second draught of 300,000 men to be called into service from the militia for a period of nine months. He was having great difficulties in persuading sufficient men to volunteer, and the public debt was growing rapidly. At this time, it is estimated to have been in excess of $1,222,000,000. So, in this cartoon, a glum Lincoln, hands thrust