. "Abe" Lincoln's yarns and stories : a complete collection of the funny and witty anecdotes that made Lincoln famous as America's greatest story teller [excerpts]. -J-^^ CHARLES SUMNER, although an aristocrat by birth and education, was a sincerefriend of the Martyr President, being quick to recognize the great quaUties of the was an intimate at the White House, and gave the President the benefit of his advicewhen the country was compelled to face serious problems. From the first he insisted thatthe United States must surrender the Confederate Commissioners, Mason and ju
. "Abe" Lincoln's yarns and stories : a complete collection of the funny and witty anecdotes that made Lincoln famous as America's greatest story teller [excerpts]. -J-^^ CHARLES SUMNER, although an aristocrat by birth and education, was a sincerefriend of the Martyr President, being quick to recognize the great quaUties of the was an intimate at the White House, and gave the President the benefit of his advicewhen the country was compelled to face serious problems. From the first he insisted thatthe United States must surrender the Confederate Commissioners, Mason and judgment agreed with Lincolns. Mr. Sumner was born in Massachusetts in i8ii,represented it in the United States Senate many years, and died in 1874. (387). BENJAMIN F. WADE, United States Senator from Ohio during the War, was oneof the men who antagonized President Lincoln and did much to annoy and harass attitude, however, was not one of personal hostility to the President. Senator Wadewas President of the United States Senate when President Andrew Johnson was impeached,and had the latter been found guilty and removed from ofifice Senator Wade would havebeen his successor in the White House. It is said Wade had made every preparation tomove into the house at the other end of the avenue. He was born in Massachusettsin 1800, and died in 1878. (388) YARNS AND STORIES. 221
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