. Lincoln in the telegraph office : recollections of the United States Military Telegraph Corps during the Civil War . nd in many cases inspired fear. In receiv-ing visitors, and they were legion, Stanton sel-dom or never sat down, but stood before a highdesk as the crowd passed before him and one byone presented their requests or complaints, whichwere rapidly disposed of. He was haughty,severe, domineering, and often rude. When Ithink of him in the daily routine of his publicaudiences, the characterization of Napoleon byCharles Phillips, the Irish orator, comes to mind:Grand, gloomj^ and pecu
. Lincoln in the telegraph office : recollections of the United States Military Telegraph Corps during the Civil War . nd in many cases inspired fear. In receiv-ing visitors, and they were legion, Stanton sel-dom or never sat down, but stood before a highdesk as the crowd passed before him and one byone presented their requests or complaints, whichwere rapidly disposed of. He was haughty,severe, domineering, and often rude. When Ithink of him in the daily routine of his publicaudiences, the characterization of Napoleon byCharles Phillips, the Irish orator, comes to mind:Grand, gloomj^ and peculiar. The almost overwhelming burden of the greatstruggle for the life of the nation was ever press-ing upon Stantons heart and brain, and he evenbegrudged the time which he believed was wastedin ordinary civilities and was impatient withevery one who failed to show like zeal and alert-ness with himself. He was not blessed with Lin-colns happy faculty of story-telling or exchang-ing badinage, which to the latter was a God-given means of relief from the awful strain towhich he was subjected. And yet there were 392. Charles Aimer in Tinker Cipher-operator, War Department telegraph office, 1861-1869 Thomas Thompson Eckert Chief of the War Department Telegraph Statf, 1861-1866 -yer, t,ikL-u m M;iy, 1907 David Homer Bates Manager and cipher-operator, War Depart-ment telegraph office, 1861-1866 Albert Brown ChandlerCashier and cipher-operator, War Depart-ment telegraph office, 1863-1866 LINCOLN AND STANTON times when even Stanton would soften and whenhe would disclose a kindly nature, the knowledgeof the possession of which would come as a sharpsurprise to any one fortunate enough to be pres-ent on such an occasion. One instance in my recollection occurred afterwhat seemed to me an unusual outburst of tempervisited upon my innocent head. This was in con-nection with the receipt of the sensational Sher-man-Johnston Peace Agreement which reachedWashington on April 21, 1865 (only six da
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