. Abraham Lincoln and men of war-times : some personal recollections of war and politics during the Lincoln administration ; with introduction by Dr. Lambdin. IvIncolns home in Lincolns homk in Springfield. LINCOLN IN POLITICS. yj we had gathered there he opened the subject in hisquaint way by saying: You know I never was a con-triver; I dont know much about how things are donein poKtics, but I think you gentlemen understand thesituation in your State, and I want to learn what maybe done to ensure the success we all desire. He madeexhaustive inquir}- of each of the persons pre
. Abraham Lincoln and men of war-times : some personal recollections of war and politics during the Lincoln administration ; with introduction by Dr. Lambdin. IvIncolns home in Lincolns homk in Springfield. LINCOLN IN POLITICS. yj we had gathered there he opened the subject in hisquaint way by saying: You know I never was a con-triver; I dont know much about how things are donein poKtics, but I think you gentlemen understand thesituation in your State, and I want to learn what maybe done to ensure the success we all desire. He madeexhaustive inquir}- of each of the persons present as tothe danger-signals of the contest, specially directing hisquestions to ever\ weak point in the party lines andevery strong point of the opposition. He was not con-tent with generalities; he had no respect for mere enthu-siasm. What he wanted was sober facts. He had abid-ing faith in the people, in their intelligence and theirpatriotism; and he estimated political results b} ascer-taining, as far as possible, the popular bearing of ever}-vital question that was likely to arise, and he formedhis conclusions by his keen intuitive perception as tohow the people would be likely to
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