. Civil War echoes : character sketches and state secrets . geand retreat, until at last the vast mass charges forward onthe double quick up the hill, over it, and down. The scene was to me indescribably grand, as showingwhat an incomparable instrument of destruction is anaggregate mass of disciplined humanity. After thesemaneuvering scenes came the stately review of the severalarms of the service, passing by in front of General Meadeand staff. The following evening we all attended a ball given bythe officers of the Second Army Corps in a newly-erectedlarge wooden pavilion. I had the honor of
. Civil War echoes : character sketches and state secrets . geand retreat, until at last the vast mass charges forward onthe double quick up the hill, over it, and down. The scene was to me indescribably grand, as showingwhat an incomparable instrument of destruction is anaggregate mass of disciplined humanity. After thesemaneuvering scenes came the stately review of the severalarms of the service, passing by in front of General Meadeand staff. The following evening we all attended a ball given bythe officers of the Second Army Corps in a newly-erectedlarge wooden pavilion. I had the honor of opening thefirst dance in the leading set with General Meade as myvis-a-vis, my partner being the blonde young lady men-tioned above, who had so innocently presented herself inher robe de nuit the previous evening. The dancing continued till long into the morning. Thefollowing day found our entire party back in the mostcharming city in the United States—the city of Washing-ton, noted equally for its delightful society and its world-renowned SPEAKER JAMES G. BLAINE, M. C, OF MAINELATER, U. §. SENATOR FROM MAINE; REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT Sketches and State Secrets Hon. James G. Blaine—His Indiscreetness One Sunday evening in the year 186-, while the rainwas pouring down, and after the hour of ten had struck,as I was reading to my father, as was my custom, the doorbell rang and the servant soon handed him a card, uponsight of which he told the boy to show the gentleman inwhere we were seated in the back parlor. In a moment,Speaker James G. Blaine entered, having removed hismackintosh. He apologized for the lateness of the call, butattributed it to the pressing importance of the manner was slightly brusque, but, of course, perfectlyrespectful. As already stated in these pages, my father was chairmanof the Committee on Pacific Railroads, a position to whichhe was assigned by the Senate on account of his well-knownincorruptability and legal a
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