Abraham Lincoln : the true story of a great life . Stephen A. Douglas. David Davis. THE LIFE OF LINCOLN. 251 State, whose ten years in the Senate had acquaintedhim with our relations to foreign powers, may havebeen lulled into the innocent belief that the Execu-tive would have no fixed or definite views on in-ternational questions. So also of the other Cabinetofficers ; but alas for their fancied security! Itwas the old story of the sleeping lion. Old politi-cians, eying him with some distrust and want of con-fidence, prepared themselves to control his adminis-tration, not only as a matter of
Abraham Lincoln : the true story of a great life . Stephen A. Douglas. David Davis. THE LIFE OF LINCOLN. 251 State, whose ten years in the Senate had acquaintedhim with our relations to foreign powers, may havebeen lulled into the innocent belief that the Execu-tive would have no fixed or definite views on in-ternational questions. So also of the other Cabinetofficers ; but alas for their fancied security! Itwas the old story of the sleeping lion. Old politi-cians, eying him with some distrust and want of con-fidence, prepared themselves to control his adminis-tration, not only as a matter of right, but believingthat he would be compelled to rely upon them forsupport. A brief experience taught them he wasnot the man they bargained for. Next in importance to the attack on Fort Sum-ter, from a military standpoint, was the battle ofBull Run. How the President viewed it is bestillustrated by an incident furnished by an old friend ^who was an associate of his in the Legislature ofIllinois, and who was in Washington when the en-gagement too
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