. Abraham Lincoln : the true story of a great life : showing the inner growth, special training, and peculiar fitness of the man for his work . mycountry to the present day, I have never had cause of com-plaint. . Indeed, since the promotion which placed me incommand of all the armies, and in view of the great responsi-bility and importance of success, I have been astonished at the 444 ABRAHAM LINCOLN. readiness with which everything asked for has been yielded,without even an explanation being asked. How great a relief was thus obtained by the weary Com-mander-in-Chief can hardly be estimated.
. Abraham Lincoln : the true story of a great life : showing the inner growth, special training, and peculiar fitness of the man for his work . mycountry to the present day, I have never had cause of com-plaint. . Indeed, since the promotion which placed me incommand of all the armies, and in view of the great responsi-bility and importance of success, I have been astonished at the 444 ABRAHAM LINCOLN. readiness with which everything asked for has been yielded,without even an explanation being asked. How great a relief was thus obtained by the weary Com-mander-in-Chief can hardly be estimated. How much he wasin need of such relief could only be guessed, at the time, bythose who loved him and narrowly noted the visible signs thathis iron constitution was beginning to yield to the ceaselessdrain and strain. The overthrow of the Rebellion, the return of peace, mightpossibly bring him easier times. His mind was stronger andclearer than ever, and his education was still going steadily for-ward ; but his bodily frame was bent and at times it drooped alittle, for the burdens yet upon him were almost too much forhuman cX^^^W^ &£i4xuri£/t From Ihoto^raph ty Brady, Washington, i£ A VALEDICTORY. 445 CHAPTER LIV. A VALEDICTORY. Putting Emancipation into the Constitution—Sherman in South Carolina—The Peace Conference in Hampton Roads—Useless Bloodshed—TheSecond Inaugural. Congress assembled on the 5th of December, 1864, and thePresident sent in his Message the next day. In this he terselyreviewed the military and political position of the country, athome and abroad. He called attention to the manifest gainsof the country in wealth and population, with reference to itsundiminished ability to continue the war. He urged the adop-tion of an Amendment to the Constitution, forever prohibitinghuman slavery in the United States. He declared that theRebels could at any time have peace by simply laying downtheir arms and submitting to the national authority under th
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