. Abraham Lincoln and men of war-times : some personal recollections of war and politics during the Lincoln administration ; with introduction by Dr. Lambdin. called him to task for his rakish 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 whose 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
. Abraham Lincoln and men of war-times : some personal recollections of war and politics during the Lincoln administration ; with introduction by Dr. Lambdin. called him to task for his rakish 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 whose 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 gubernatorial term: Executive Mansion,Washington, April 13, Andrew G. Curtin. My Dear Sir : If, after the expiration of your present temi asGovernor of Pennsylvania I shall continue in ofl&ce here, and you. LINCOLN AND CUR TIN. 245 shall desire to go abroad, you can do so with one of the first-classmissions. Yours trulj^ Abraham Lincoln. This letter I delivered to Ciirtin. The announcementwas at once made to the Associated Press that a foreignmission had been tendered to Ciirtin, 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 Curtins 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 intere
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