. Abraham Lincoln and the battles of the Civil War . on as a brand from the burning. Herelied (too confidently, as the event proved)on the significance of the late popular sent an agent to Richmond, who broughthim hopeful news. He had already proposedto strengthen the hands of the Virginia Union-ists by advismg Lincoln to nominate GeorgeW. Summers to fill the existing vacancy onthe bench of the United States Supreme Court.*Under his prompting, no doubt, Lincoln nowperhaps thought it possible to bring his per-sonal influence to bear on the Virginia con-vention. He authorized Seward to i
. Abraham Lincoln and the battles of the Civil War . on as a brand from the burning. Herelied (too confidently, as the event proved)on the significance of the late popular sent an agent to Richmond, who broughthim hopeful news. He had already proposedto strengthen the hands of the Virginia Union-ists by advismg Lincoln to nominate GeorgeW. Summers to fill the existing vacancy onthe bench of the United States Supreme Court.*Under his prompting, no doubt, Lincoln nowperhaps thought it possible to bring his per-sonal influence to bear on the Virginia con-vention. He authorized Seward to inviteSummers, or some equally influential and de-termined Union leader, to come to is not likely that he had any great faith insuch an effort; for the refusal or neglect ofScott, Gilmer, and Hunt to accept a cabi-net appointment, offered each of them withmore or less distinctness, had proved thatSouthern Unionism of this type was mere lip-service and not a living principle. It so turned Sewardto Lincoln, .March 9, 1861. JOHN MINOR BOTTS.(FROM A PHOTOGRAPH BY BRADY.) out in this instance. Summers, pleading im-portant business in the convention, excusedhimself from coming. It would appear, how-ever, that he and others selected one John as a proper representative, who cameto Washington and had an interview with thePresident on the morning of April 4, is a direct conflict of evidence as towhat occurred at this interview. The witnessesare Mr. Baldwin himself and Mr. John MinorBotts, both of whom gave their testimonyunder oath before the Reconstruction Com-mittee of Congress in 1866, after the close ofthe war. Mr. Botts testifies that on the 7th of Aprilhe called upon the President, who related tohim, in confidence, that a week or ten dayspreviously he had written to Summers to cometo Washington, and he, instead of obeyingthe summons, had, after that long delay, sentBaldwin. On Baldwins arrival (on the 5th ofApril, as Botts relates t
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