. Abraham Lincoln and the battles of the Civil War . wm0 ^>y;^r —&. HOUSE IN WHICH LINCOLN LIVED WHEN HE WAS ELECTED PRESIDENT. opened the correspondence, as might have beenexpected, with blustering and with threats;his nature had no other way of expressing it-self. His first letter was taken as a bar to anyexplanation or understanding, and he after-wards wrote a second, a little less offensive intone, but without withdrawing the first. Atevery interview of the seconds General White-side deplored the bloodthirsty disposition ofhis principal, and urged that Mr. Lincolnshould make the concess
. Abraham Lincoln and the battles of the Civil War . wm0 ^>y;^r —&. HOUSE IN WHICH LINCOLN LIVED WHEN HE WAS ELECTED PRESIDENT. opened the correspondence, as might have beenexpected, with blustering and with threats;his nature had no other way of expressing it-self. His first letter was taken as a bar to anyexplanation or understanding, and he after-wards wrote a second, a little less offensive intone, but without withdrawing the first. Atevery interview of the seconds General White-side deplored the bloodthirsty disposition ofhis principal, and urged that Mr. Lincolnshould make the concessions which alonewould prevent lamentable results. These rep-resentations seemed to avail nothing, how-ever, and the parties, after endless talk, wentto Alton and crossed the river to the Missourishore. It seemed for a moment that the fightmust take place. The terms had been left bythe code, as then understood in the West, toLincoln, and he certainly made no grudginguse of his privilege. The weapons chosen were cavalry broadswords of the largest size ;and the combata
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