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Francis B. Carpenter, Six Months at the White House, Xii. (search)
Francis B. Carpenter, Six Months at the White House, Xiii. (search)
Francis B. Carpenter, Six Months at the White House, Xxi. (search)
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Francis B. Carpenter, Six Months at the White House, Xxv. (search)
Xxv.
Dr. Holland, in his Life of Abraham Lincoln, I regret to observe, has thought it worth while to notice the reports, which in one way and another have obtained circulation, that the President habitually indulged, in ordinary conversation, defects in the universal loss would certainly be considered, if not captious, at least a most inopportune critic.
Mr. Lincoln, I am convinced, has been greatly wronged in this respect.
Every foul-mouthed man in the country gave currency to the ked, with much feeling, It is the province of a physician to probe deeply the interior lives of men; and I affirm that Mr. Lincoln is the purest hearted man with whom I ever came in contact.
Secretary Seward, who of the Cabinet officers was probablr came in contact.
Secretary Seward, who of the Cabinet officers was probably most intimate with the President, expressed the same sentiment in still stronger language.
He once said to the Rev. Dr. Bellows: Mr. Lincoln is the best man I ever knew!
Francis B. Carpenter, Six Months at the White House, Xxvi. (search)
XXVII.
There was one marked element of Mr. Lincoln's character admirably expressed by the Hon. Mr. Colfax, in his oration at Chicago upon his death: When his judgment, which acted slowly, but which was almost as immovable as the eternal hills when settled, was grasping some subject of importance, the arguments against his own desires seemed uppermost in his mind, and, in conversing upon it, he would present those arguments to see if they could be rebutted.
In illustration of this, it is only necessary to recall the fact that the interview between himself and the Chicago delegation of clergymen, appointed to urge upon him the issue of a proclamation of emancipation, took place September 13, 1862, more than a month after he had declared to the Cabinet his established purpose to take this step.
He said to this committee: I do not want to issue a document that the whole world will see must necessarily be inoperative, like the Pope's bull against the comet!
After drawing out the