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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 14. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Address of honorable B. H. Hill before the Georgia branch of the Southern Historical Society at Atlanta, February 18th, 1874. (search)
mistice, although they might be satisfied that Mr. Lincoln, in agreeing to it, did so under the belief that re union must, as a result, follow. I may add that Mr. Davis had no hope of success, or of securing an armistice, after he learned that Mr. Seward was to accompany Mr. Lincoln. Mr. Lincoln, he said, is an honest, well-meaning man, but Seward is wily and treacherous. I could detain you all night correcting false impressions which have been industriously made against this great and good Seward is wily and treacherous. I could detain you all night correcting false impressions which have been industriously made against this great and good man. I know Jefferson Davis as I know few men. I have been near him in his public duties; I have seen him by his private fireside; I have witnessed his humble Christian devotions; and I challenge the judgment of history when I say, no people were ever led through the fiery struggle for liberty by a nobler, truer patriot; while the carnage of war and the trials of public life never revealed a purer and more beautiful Christian character. Those who, during the struggle, prostituted public offic