. Abraham Lincoln and men of war-times : some personal recollections of war and politics during the Lincoln administration ; with introduction by Dr. Lambdin. manyhad serious apprehensions of its effect on the army even with theconclusive reasons which were given. Should not this view bepresented in any and every true manifesto of the case ? Yours respectfully, j. B. M. Stanton: There is no ground for the belief that Mr. Stanton had anyother motive in the action he took than to guard against the 228 LINCOLN AND MEN OF WAR-TIMES. have adopted had he lived to complete his grea
. Abraham Lincoln and men of war-times : some personal recollections of war and politics during the Lincoln administration ; with introduction by Dr. Lambdin. manyhad serious apprehensions of its effect on the army even with theconclusive reasons which were given. Should not this view bepresented in any and every true manifesto of the case ? Yours respectfully, j. B. M. Stanton: There is no ground for the belief that Mr. Stanton had anyother motive in the action he took than to guard against the 228 LINCOLN AND MEN OF WAR-TIMES. have adopted had he lived to complete his great workcannot now be known; but it is entirely safe to assumethat, while he would have yielded to the mandatory sen-timent of the nation, he would in the end have taughtthe country that with malice toward none, with char-ity for all, he could assure the world that governmentof the people by the people and for the people shall notperish from the earth. danger of disturbances in the army and throughout the country,which might have resulted had the inadmissible terms been re-jected without explanation.—Hon. George C. Gorham to the Au-thor, February i6, (From Syphers Pennsylvania Reserves,) ANDREW G. CURTIN, 1860. LINCOLN AND CURTIN. ANDREW G. CURTIN has written the most brilliant-lX. chapters in the annals of our great civil conflict byhis official record as Governor of Pennsylvania. I amnot unmindful, in paying this high tribute to the greatWar Governor of the Union, that there are many Penn-sylvania names that have become memorable for theirheroism in the struggle for the preservation of our freeinstitutions. Nor am I unmindful that Pennsylvaniahas within her borders the great battle-field of the war,and that the names of such Pennsylvania heroes asMeade, Reynolds, and Hancock are inseparably linkedwith the decisive victory that gave assured safety andunsullied freedom to the Union. While Pennsylvaniaheroism was making itself immortal on every battle-fieldof the war, the
Size: 1341px × 1864px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookauthormcclurea, bookcentury1800, bookdecade1890, bookyear1892
