Autobiography and personal reminiscences of Major-General BenjFButler : Butler's book : a review of his legal, political, and military career . ermined if ))()ssible to witness it, and going accordingly to the Executive Mansion thenext morning, 1 quietly opened the door and looked into the Presidents reception room, wherean impressive tableau was being enacted. You sat directly facting the President, as if in the actof speaking to him The President sat in his chair upright but blanched. The view was instan-taneous; and unwilling to disturb its surprising effect, I at once closed the door, and
Autobiography and personal reminiscences of Major-General BenjFButler : Butler's book : a review of his legal, political, and military career . ermined if ))()ssible to witness it, and going accordingly to the Executive Mansion thenext morning, 1 quietly opened the door and looked into the Presidents reception room, wherean impressive tableau was being enacted. You sat directly facting the President, as if in the actof speaking to him The President sat in his chair upright but blanched. The view was instan-taneous; and unwilling to disturb its surprising effect, I at once closed the door, and have eversince i)reserved in my mind the photographed scene: — Your attitude was aggressive, and thej)osture of the President denoted amazement struggling with fear. I concludcil tliat you discharged at him your demand that the commissioners be hanged and that the Presidentsa]>i)earance indicated jirostrating effect uiion him. In the course of one of those initial stages of the Rebellion, the President once said to methat he was the last President of the United States. Sincerely yours, John Cocurane. BUTLEIVS BOOK. 157. Copyrighted. Washington Scenes in 1861. 1. Pennpvlvania Avenue looldnp: towards War Department Building before War. 3. Navy Department Building before war. BUTLERS BOOK. 159 of relief therefrom. Accordingly, I wrote a note to Jefferson Davis,then a member of the Senate, soliciting an interview. He sent me acard inviting me to take tea with liim on that evening, as he wouldbe alone. Accordingly I went, and was hospitably and quietlyreceived, and a conversation of several hours followed, in which thewhole situation was discussed. That interview convinced me thatwar was inevitable. I do not rehearse this conversation at length, because a privateconversation between friends is not a proper subject for I think I may say without offending that etiquette, that I askedhim how he could justify himself in joining the South in
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