. Abraham Lincoln and men of war-times; some personal recollections of war and politics during the Lincoln administration . h conduct,and said to him that he must take a wife; to which youngSheridan replied: Very well, father, but whose wife shallI take? Its all very well, he added, to say that Iwill give Curtin a mission, but w^hose mission am I totake ? I would not offer him anything but a first-classone. To this Cameron replied that a second-class mis-sion would answer the purpose, but Forney and I resentedthat, and said that if a second-class mission was to be dis-cussed we had nothing fur
. Abraham Lincoln and men of war-times; some personal recollections of war and politics during the Lincoln administration . h conduct,and said to him that he must take a wife; to which youngSheridan replied: Very well, father, but whose wife shallI take? Its all very well, he added, to say that Iwill give Curtin a mission, but w^hose mission am I totake ? I would not offer him anything but a first-classone. To this Cameron replied that a second-class mis-sion would answer the purpose, but Forney and I resentedthat, and said that if a second-class mission was to be dis-cussed we had nothing further to say. Lincoln closedthe conference by suggesting that as it seemed to be myaffair I should call to see him in the morning. I did so,when Lincoln handed me the following autograph letter,tendering Curtin a first-class mission, to be accepted atthe close of his orubernatorial term: & Executive Mansion,Washington, April 13, Andrew G. Curtin. My Dear Sir : If, after the expiration of your present term asGovernor of Pennsylvania I shall continue in office here, and 3ou 4>n «o *4 no f^^to o o a. ;5 o1^ LINCOLN AND CURTIN. 245 shall desire to go abroad, you can do so with one of the first-classmissions. Yours truly, Abraham Lincoln. This letter I delivered to Curtin. The announcementwas at once made to the Associated Press that a foreignmission had been tendered to Cnrtin, that he had signi-fied his acceptance of it, and that he would not be a can-didate for renomination for Governor. The popular de-mand for Cnrtins renomination came with such emphasisfrom every section of the State that within a few weeksafter his declination he was compelled to accept the can-didacy, and he was nominated in Pittsburg by an over-whelming majority on the first ballot, and after one ofthe most desperate contests ever known in the State wasre-elected by over 15,000 majority, even with his soldiersdisfranchised. Lincoln exhibited unusual interest in thatstruggle, and his congrat
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