The story-life of Lincoln; a biography composed of five hundred true stories told by Abraham Lincoln and his friends . s, Wendell Phillips, himself (Conway) and others,which occurred on the 24th of T , . ^ January, 1863. The object of this delegationwas to complain of the failure ofthe Emancipation Proclamation,and Mr. Phillips, as its spokesman,hinted that the Northern people,now generally antislavery, werenot satisfied that it was being hon-estly carried out by the nationsagents and generals in the South. The President said he had notexpected much from it at first,and, consequently, had not
The story-life of Lincoln; a biography composed of five hundred true stories told by Abraham Lincoln and his friends . s, Wendell Phillips, himself (Conway) and others,which occurred on the 24th of T , . ^ January, 1863. The object of this delegationwas to complain of the failure ofthe Emancipation Proclamation,and Mr. Phillips, as its spokesman,hinted that the Northern people,now generally antislavery, werenot satisfied that it was being hon-estly carried out by the nationsagents and generals in the South. The President said he had notexpected much from it at first,and, consequently, had not beepdisappointed, and gave it as hisimpression that the masses ofthe country generally are onlydissatisfied at our lack of military successes. He did not hesitate in the course of the interview withthese distinguished men to say that most of us here present havebeen nearly all our lives working in minorities and many have gotinto a habit of being dissatisfied; and when this conclusion wasdeprecated, he added: At any rate, it has been very rare that anopportunity of running this Administration has been lost. And. WENDELL PHILLIPS 496 THE STORY-LIFE OF LINCOLN when Mr. Phillips patronizingly said: If we see this Administrationearnestly working to free the country from slavery and its rebellion,we will show you how we can run it in another four years of power,to which, possibly remembering Mr. Phillipss description of him asa mosaic, and a man who had never walked a straight line inhis life, Mr. Lincoln said: Oh, Mr. Phillips, I have ceased to have any personal feelingsor expectation in that matter—I dont say I never had any—soabused and borne upon as I have bcen;n and Mr. Conway tells usthat his last utterance to the delegation as it left him was: I must bear this load which the country has entrusted to meas well as I can, and do my best. Lincoln and Stanton, William D. Kelley. , Appendix, page 87. How Willingly Would I Exchange Places with the Soldier! No one except those
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