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What was the message of the political cartoon "The 'Rail Splitter' At Work Repairing the Union"?

Lincoln was trying to bring the Union back together, but Congressional infighting and political squabbling was making it impossible.

Lincoln wanted to bring all the freedmen into the Union as full citizens, but Southern Democrats were blocking this goal.

Lincoln and his vice president, Andrew Johnson, were being too lenient with the South, trying to "stitch" the country back together and pretend nothing had happened.

Lincoln was bringing the Union back together, but his vice president, Andrew Johnson, was undermining him.