. Abraham Lincoln and men of war-times : some personal recollections of war and politics during the Lincoln administration ; with introduction by Dr. Lambdin. ND MEN OF WAR-TIMES. had seen and heard statements relating to Lincolnsaction in the matter, but he did not believe them untilthe evidence had lately been made conclusive to hismind. In this letter he says: I was really sorry to bedisabused. And he adds: Mr. L. [Lincoln] evidentlybecame some alarmed about his re-election, and changedhis position. That is all I care to say. I have thus theconclusive evidence from Hamlin himself, that
. Abraham Lincoln and men of war-times : some personal recollections of war and politics during the Lincoln administration ; with introduction by Dr. Lambdin. ND MEN OF WAR-TIMES. had seen and heard statements relating to Lincolnsaction in the matter, but he did not believe them untilthe evidence had lately been made conclusive to hismind. In this letter he says: I was really sorry to bedisabused. And he adds: Mr. L. [Lincoln] evidentlybecame some alarmed about his re-election, and changedhis position. That is all I care to say. I have thus theconclusive evidence from Hamlin himself, that in Sep-tember, 1889, he had full knowledge of Lincolns directintervention to nominate Johnson for Vice-President in1864. Hamlin gave an earnest support to the ticket,believing that the supreme sentiment of Republicanismhad set him aside in the interest of the public maintained his high position in the party for manyyears thereafter, filling the office of Collector of Portlandand subsequently returning to the Senate, where heserved until he had passed the patriarchal age, and thenvoluntarily retired to enjoy the calm evening of a well-spent (Photo by Gutekunst, Philadelphia.) SAI,MON P. CHASE. LINCOLN AND CHASE. SALMON P. CHASE was the most irritating fly inthe Lincoln ointment from the inauguration of thenew administration in 1861 until the 29th of June, 1864,when his resignation as Secretary of the Treasury wasfinally accepted. He was an annual resigner in the Cabi-net, having petulantly tendered his resignation in 1862,again in 1863, and again in 1864, when he was probablysurprised by Mr. Lincolns acceptance of it. It wassoon after Lincolns unanimous renomination, and whenChases dream of succeeding Lincoln as President hadperished, at least for the time. He was one of the strong-est intellectual forces of the entire administration, but inpolitics he was a theorist and a dreamer and was unbal-anced by overmastering ambition. He never forgaveLincoln for the c
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