. Abraham Lincoln and men of war-times. Some personal recollections of war and politics during the Lincoln administration . LINCOLNS HOMK IN LINCOLN^S HOME IN SPRINGFIELD. LINCOLN IN POLITICS. yj we had gathered there he opened the subject in hisquaint way by saying: You know I never was a con-triver; I dont know much about how things are donein poHtics, but I think you gentlemen understand thesituation in your State, and I want to learn what maybe done to ensure the success we all desire. He madeexhaustive inquiry of each of the persons present as tothe danger-signals of the conte
. Abraham Lincoln and men of war-times. Some personal recollections of war and politics during the Lincoln administration . LINCOLNS HOMK IN LINCOLN^S HOME IN SPRINGFIELD. LINCOLN IN POLITICS. yj we had gathered there he opened the subject in hisquaint way by saying: You know I never was a con-triver; I dont know much about how things are donein poHtics, but I think you gentlemen understand thesituation in your State, and I want to learn what maybe done to ensure the success we all desire. He madeexhaustive inquiry of each of the persons present as tothe danger-signals of the contest, specially directing his(juestious to ever} weak point in the party lines andever}- strong point of the opposition. He was not con-tent with generalities; he had no respect for mere enthu-siasm. What he wanted was sober facts. He had abid-ing faith in tlic people, in their intelligence and theirpatriotism; and he estimated political results by ascer-taining, as far as possible, the ])opular bearing of everyvital question that was likeh to arise, and he formedhis conclusions by his keen intuitive perception as tohow the people would be likely t
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