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Francis B. Carpenter, Six Months at the White House, Xii. (search)
s made by some one to Jones, the sculptor, whose bust of Mr. Lincoln was in the crimson parlor below. The President, I thinkPennsylvania Avenue. The carriage had been ordered, and Mrs. Lincoln, who was to accompany us, had come down at the appointe, who was in advance, caught sight of the tall figure of Mr. Lincoln, absorbed in his letter. His wife and the little boys w Then leaving them, he slowly made a half circuit around Mr. Lincoln, watching him intently all the while. At this point, ha extend the same privilege to his wife and little boys? Mr. Lincoln good-naturedly approached the latter, who had remained w and interesting to me by a variety of stories, of which Mr. Lincoln's mind was so prolific. Something was said soon after wem were compelled to pay to the public. Great men, said Mr. Lincoln, have various estimates. When Daniel Webster made his tit was thought by some of the leaders of the party, that Mr. Lincoln's chances for a re-nomination were somewhat dubious.
Francis B. Carpenter, Six Months at the White House, Xiii. (search)
e should henceforth have nothing to do with the Rebels. Mr. Lincoln sat quietly through the story, his face in half shadow.always opposed to his joining them. Your word, rejoined Mr. Lincoln dryly, what do I know about your word? He finally took , one of the gentlemen claimed to be an acquaintance of Mrs. Lincoln; this, however, received but little attention, and the . Oh, said she, he was a captain. A captain! rejoined Mr. Lincoln, indeed!--rather too big a fish to set free simply upon riend reiterated the assertion of his acquaintance with Mrs. Lincoln. Instantly the President's hand was upon the bell-ropeswered the summons. Cornelius, take this man's name to Mrs. Lincoln, and ask her what she knows of him. The boy presently ospital chaplains, and he greatly desired such a place. Mr. Lincoln replied rather curtly, that he could do nothing for him.carelessly tossed aside, never to be thought of again by Mr. Lincoln. Subsequently the sermon fell into my hands. The on
Francis B. Carpenter, Six Months at the White House, XIX. (search)
e years previous. The President inquired if they were published in any connection with his name. Mr. Swayne said that they purported to have been written by Abraham Lincoln. I have heard of that before, and that is why I asked, returned the President. But there is no truth in it. The poem was first shown to me by a young man na the office of the Solicitor of the Treasury Department, an irregular room, packed nearly full of law books. Seating myself, I believe, upon a pile of these at Mr. Lincoln's feet, he kindly repeated the lines, which I wrote down, one by one, as they fell from his lips:-- Oh! why should the spirit of mortal be proud? the autox, a young Scotchman, a contemporary of sir Walter Scott. He died in Edinburgh, in 1825, at the age of 36. the two verses in brackets were not repeated by Mr. Lincoln, but belong to the original poem. Oh! why should the spirit of mortal be proud? Like a swift-fleeting meteor, a fast-flying cloud, A flash of the lightning, a
Francis B. Carpenter, Six Months at the White House, XX. (search)
five hundred or a thousand men, had solemnly sworn to accomplish the deed. Mr. Lincoln had not seen or heard of this account, and at his request, I gave him the dee, soon after the assassination, Mr. Brooks says:-- The simple habits of Mr. Lincoln were so well known that it is a subject for surprise that watchful and maligthe many open and secret threats to take his life, it is not surprising that Mr. Lincoln had many thoughts about his coming to a sudden and violent end. He once said, both during official hours and at other times. On one of these occasions, Mr. Lincoln concluded some interesting remarks with these words: It would never do for aiberate political assassination, and the mere brute violence of insanity. Mr. Lincoln heard me through with a smile, his hands locked across his knees, his body rurning from the Soldiers' Home. The burden of his complaint was that he and Mrs. Lincoln couldn't hear themselves talk, for the clatter of their sabres and spurs; an
Francis B. Carpenter, Six Months at the White House, Xxi. (search)
ate to see, and can but disbelieve. Genius and talent, said he, on another occasion, are rarely found combined in one individual. I requested his definition of the distinction. Genius, he replied, conceives; talent executes. Referring to Mr. Lincoln's never-failing fund of anecdote, he remarked, The character of the President's mind is such that his thought habitually takes on this form of illustration, by which the point he wishes to enforce is invariably brought home with a strength and clearness impossible in hours of abstract argument. Mr. Lincoln, he added, comes very near being a perfect man, according to my ideal of manhood. He lacks but one thing. Looking up from my palette, I asked, musingly, if this was official dignity as President. No, replied Judge Bates, that is of little consequence. His deficiency is in the element of will. I have sometimes told him, for instance, that he was unfit to be intrusted with the pardoning power. Why, if a man comes to him with
Francis B. Carpenter, Six Months at the White House, Xxiii. (search)
this Administration is the destruction of slavery. Now allow me to say you are much mistaken. Slavery was killed years ago. Its death knell was tolled when Abraham Lincoln was elected President. The work of this Administration is the suppression of the Rebellion and the preservation of the Union. Abolitionists, like the differfor my own part, I did not question the result of the conflict. I looked upon the Declaration of Independence as the assertion that all men were created free. Mr. Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation was the demonstration of this great truth. Without slavery the Republic would have been in no danger. That was the canker-worm gnaat least, did not hold that view. Soon after the issue of the proclamation, having official business, as Governor of New York, which called him to Washington, Mr. Lincoln remarked to him, speaking of his action upon this subject, We are a good deal like whalers who have been long on a chase. At last we have got our harpoon fairl
Francis B. Carpenter, Six Months at the White House, Xxiv. (search)
atives, to a large audience, April 6th, 1864. Among the distinguished persons present was President Lincoln, who was greatly interested. The following morning, Mr. Thompson and party, consisting of putting down the Rebellion, and the struggle was being watched with the deepest anxiety. Mr. Lincoln thereupon said: Mr. Thompson, the people of Great Britain, and of other foreign governmh his earnestness, turned to Mr. Thompson, and repeated a Latin quotation from the classics. Mr. Lincoln, leaning forward in his chair, looked from one to the other inquiringly, and then remarked, wbe glad to have you see. The gentlemen expressed their acknowledgments of the courtesy, and Mr. Lincoln led the way by the private staircase to the state dining-room. In the passage through the haover the portraiture and composition of the picture, then in too early a stage for criticism, Mr. Lincoln presently excused himself, and returned to his duties. And thus ended an interview doubtless
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 theked, 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)
n more than another worthy of profound respect, it is the volunteer citizen soldier. To this Mr. Lincoln assented, in a quiet way,--the peculiar dreaminess of expression so remarkable at times, stean standing, looking out of one of the windows, drumming unconsciously upon a pane of glass. Mr. Lincoln, at length addressing him personally, said: Andy, what is Pennsylvania going to do? Turning hat at Altoona — was it not? Subsequently the two gentlemen proposed to visit my room, and Mr. Lincoln accompanied them. Sitting down under the chandelier on the edge of the long table, which ranevailed in some quarters that Secretary Seward opposed the policy. That is not true, replied Mr. Lincoln; he advised postponement, at the first meeting, which seemed to me sound. It was Seward's peper cent. This gave occasion for the strongest expression I ever heard fall from the lips of Mr. Lincoln. Knotting his face in the intensity of his feeling, he said, Curtin, what do you think of th
Francis B. Carpenter, Six Months at the White House, XXVII. (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
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