Abraham Lincoln : a character sketch . nlisted in the rebel ranks. He had been captured, andwas then held as a prisonerof war, and wras in very poorhealth. The President ponderedon the matter for a moment,and then replied: Bates, Ihave almost a parallel casein which the son of an oldfriend of mine ran away fromhis home in Illinois and en-tered the rebel army. The young fool has beencaptured, and his poor oldfather has appealed to meto send him home, promising of course, to keep himthere. I have not seen my way clear to do it, but if youand I unite our influence with this administration, I be-l
Abraham Lincoln : a character sketch . nlisted in the rebel ranks. He had been captured, andwas then held as a prisonerof war, and wras in very poorhealth. The President ponderedon the matter for a moment,and then replied: Bates, Ihave almost a parallel casein which the son of an oldfriend of mine ran away fromhis home in Illinois and en-tered the rebel army. The young fool has beencaptured, and his poor oldfather has appealed to meto send him home, promising of course, to keep himthere. I have not seen my way clear to do it, but if youand I unite our influence with this administration, I be-lieve we can manage to make two loyal fathers he did. Schuyler Colfax once told a pathetic story of going toLincoln for a pardon for the son of a former constituent. He said Lincoln listened to the story with his usualpatience, although he was even then tired out with in-cessant calls and demands upon his time, and thensaid: Some of my generals complain that I impair dis-cipline by my frequent pardons and reprieves, but after. ? | p Jefferson Davis, President of the Southern Confederacy. Born 1808. Died 1889. 148 ABRAHAM LINCOLN. a hard days work it rests me, if I can find some excusefor saving a poor fellows life, and I shall go to bed to-night thinking happily of the joy that the signing of myname will give to that poor fellow and his family. And with the tender smile which so often illuminedthose care-worn features, he signed his name and savedthat life. NO PARDON FOR SLAVE STEALERS. The great clemency of the Chief Executive was so wellunderstood that many demands were made upon him forunworthy objects. The Hon. John B. Alley says thatwhile he was in congress a petition was sent him, num-erously signed, for the pardon of a man who had beenconvicted of illegal slave trading as the commander of avessel engaged in kidnapping the natives of Africa, andbringing them to a life of bondage in the United States. The President courteously read the letter and petition,then dra
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