Abraham Lincoln : the true story of a great life . .^^^^%.. Steihen a. Douglas. David Davis. THE LIFE OF LINCOLN: 251 State, whose ten years in the Senate had acquaintedhim with our relations to foreign powers, may havebeen lulled into the innocent belief that the Execu-tive would have no fixed or definite views on in-ternational questions. So also of the other Cabinetofficers ; but alas for their fancied security ! Itwas the old story of the sleeping lion. Old politi-cians, eying him with some distrust and want of con-fidence, prepared themselves to control his adminis-tration, not only as a
Abraham Lincoln : the true story of a great life . .^^^^%.. Steihen a. Douglas. David Davis. THE LIFE OF LINCOLN: 251 State, whose ten years in the Senate had acquaintedhim with our relations to foreign powers, may havebeen lulled into the innocent belief that the Execu-tive would have no fixed or definite views on in-ternational questions. So also of the other Cabinetofficers ; but alas for their fancied security ! Itwas the old story of the sleeping lion. Old politi-cians, eying him with some distrust and want of con-fidence, prepared themselves to control his adminis-tration, not only as a matter of right, but believingthat he would be compelled to rely upon them forsupport. A brief experience taught them he wasnot the man they bargained for. Next in importance to the attack on Fort Sum-ter, from a military standpoint, was the battle ofBull Run. How the President viewed it is bestillustrated by an incident furnished by an old friend *who was an associate of his in the Legislature ofIllinois, and who was in Washington when the en-gagement to
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