Abraham Lincoln . ^ of the fallencommander, and beheld his face peaceful in death, and recalled the linesbe had composed To a AVave : Dost thou seek a star with tliy swellinsr crest 0 Wave, that leavest thy mothers breast ?Dost thou leap from the prisoned deplhs belowIn scorn of their calm and constant flow ? Or art thou seeking some distant land,To die in murniurs upon the strand? I too am a wave on the stormy sea; 1 too am a wanderer, driven like thee ;I too am seeking a distant land, To be lost and gone ere I reach tlie strand ; For the land I seek is a waveless shore. And those who once re
Abraham Lincoln . ^ of the fallencommander, and beheld his face peaceful in death, and recalled the linesbe had composed To a AVave : Dost thou seek a star with tliy swellinsr crest 0 Wave, that leavest thy mothers breast ?Dost thou leap from the prisoned deplhs belowIn scorn of their calm and constant flow ? Or art thou seeking some distant land,To die in murniurs upon the strand? I too am a wave on the stormy sea; 1 too am a wanderer, driven like thee ;I too am seeking a distant land, To be lost and gone ere I reach tlie strand ; For the land I seek is a waveless shore. And those who once reach it shall wander no more. AUTUMN OF 1861. 281 In Missouri and Virginia slaves were flocking to the Union argument was needed to convince them the war was being wagedon their account—that the Stars and Stripes was the banner of free-dom. They were ready to act as guides, use the spade and shovel,. A CONTRABAND COMING INTO CAMP. 282 LIFE OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN. drive teams, cook for officers and soldiers. We shall see as this biocr-raphy goes on the gradual growth of the idea that slavery had causedthe war, that it was in a great degree the strength of the Rebellion,and must be annihilated. Senator Trumbull, of Illinois, introduced a bill in Congress w^hichgave freedom to all slaves used by the rebels in carrying on the Breckinridge, of Kentucky, and other members from the bor-der Slave States opposed it. Those who advocated its passage saidslaves were constructing fortifications, driving teams, and doing thedrudgery in the Confederate armies without pay. It was the expecta-tion of their freedom that led them to steal away from their cabins atnight and enter the Union lines. The bill became a law. General Fremont, (^) who had been Republican candidate for Presi-dent in 1856, was military commander in Missouri, and proclaimed mar-tial law, declaring slaves of rebels to be
Size: 1393px × 1793px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookauthorcoffincharlescarleton, bookcentury1800, bookdecade1890
