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Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War: The Opening Battles. Volume 1. 2 0 Browse Search
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Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War: The Opening Battles. Volume 1., Washington on the Eve of the War. (search)
y badly. But, Colonel, the District Attorney is an old resident of Washington, and he knows all the little jealousies which exist here. He tells me that you have organized a company from the Northern Liberty Fire Company. Not only one, but two excellent companies in the Northern Liberty, your Excellency. And then, the District Attorney tells me you have organized another company from among the members of the Lafayette Hose Company. A. Lincoln. From an ambrotype taken for Marcus L. Ward (afterward governor of New Jersey) in Springfield, Ill., May 20, 1860, two days after Mr. Lincoln's first nomination. Yes, your Excellency, another excellent company. And the District Attorney tells me, Colonel, that there is a strong feeling of enmity between those fire companies, and, if arms are put in their hands, there will be danger of bloodshed in the city. Will your Excellency excuse me if I say that the District Attorney talks nonsense, or worse, to you? If the No