. Abraham Lincoln's stories and speeches : including "early life stories" : "professional life stories" : "White House incidents" : "war reminiscences," etc., etc. : also his speeches, chronologically arranged, from Pappsville, Ill., 1832, to his last speech in Washington, April 11, 1865 : including his inaugurals, Emancipation proclamation, Gettysburg address, etc., etc., etc. : fully illustrated . themthose white people who argue in favor of making otherpeople slaves. I am in favor of giving an appointment SPEECH TO SOLDIERS. 457 to such white men to try it on for these slaves. I willsay one
. Abraham Lincoln's stories and speeches : including "early life stories" : "professional life stories" : "White House incidents" : "war reminiscences," etc., etc. : also his speeches, chronologically arranged, from Pappsville, Ill., 1832, to his last speech in Washington, April 11, 1865 : including his inaugurals, Emancipation proclamation, Gettysburg address, etc., etc., etc. : fully illustrated . themthose white people who argue in favor of making otherpeople slaves. I am in favor of giving an appointment SPEECH TO SOLDIERS. 457 to such white men to try it on for these slaves. I willsay one thing in regard to the negroes being employed tofight for them. I do know he cannot fight and stay athome and make bread, too. And as one is about as im-portant as the other to them, I dont care which they am rather in favor of having them try them as lack one vote of doing that, and I wish I couldsend my vote over the river so that I might cast it in favorof allowing the negro to fight. But they can not fightand work both. We must now see the bottom of theenemys resources. They will stand out as long as theycan, and if the negro will fight for them they must allowhim to fight. They have drawn upon their last branchof resources, and we can now see the bottom. I amglad to see the end so near at hand. I have said nowmore than I intended, and will therefore bid you PRESIDENT LINCOLNS LAST SPEECH. A Carefully Worded, Wise and Memorable Production. Delivered Tuesday Evening, April ii, 1865, in response to a serenadeat the White House. Fellow-Citizens:—We meet this evening not in sor-row, but in gladness of heart. The evacuation of Peters-burg and Richmond, and the surrender of the principalinsurgent army, give hope of a righteous and speedy peacewhose joyous expression cannot be restrained. In themidst of this, however. He from whom all blessings flowmust not be forgotten. A call for a national thanksgiv-ing is being prepared, and will be duly promul
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