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tir party prejudices at such a time as this is a traitor. Rawlins ended his fervent speech, We will stand by the flag of ourCongress became Grant's good angel against the public, and Rawlins in Grant's tent was his good angel against temptation — JoJohn A. Rawlins, farmer, charcoal-burner, self-educated lawyer, swarthy, rough-hewn, passionate, as Mr. Garland writes of him. Grant said, I always disliked to hear anybody swear except Rawlins. It was over Grant's whiskey that many of these oaths werich he escaped drinking, thanks to his friend. Grant kept Rawlins close to him throughout the war, and after it as long as hgreat, but not yet impregnable as it soon became, wrote to Rawlins. Rawlins answered, explaining that the surgeon had prescrRawlins answered, explaining that the surgeon had prescribed whiskey for an attack of ague, and added that, much as he loved Grant, he loved his country more, and if at any time, frry one except Prentiss and the contractors; and it reveals Rawlins in a bright light. No wonder Grant let him swear whenever