The life of Abraham Lincoln : drawn from original sources and containing many speeches, letters, and telegrams hitherto unpublished, and illustrated with many reproductions from original paintings, photographs, etc. . Countyis sufficiently evident; and if I have done anything, either bydesign or misadventure, which if known would subject meto a forfeiture of that confidence, he that knows of that thingand conceals it is a traitor to his countrys interest. I find myself wholly unable to form any conjecture ofwhat fact or facts, real or supposed, you spoke; but my opin-ion of your veracity will
The life of Abraham Lincoln : drawn from original sources and containing many speeches, letters, and telegrams hitherto unpublished, and illustrated with many reproductions from original paintings, photographs, etc. . Countyis sufficiently evident; and if I have done anything, either bydesign or misadventure, which if known would subject meto a forfeiture of that confidence, he that knows of that thingand conceals it is a traitor to his countrys interest. I find myself wholly unable to form any conjecture ofwhat fact or facts, real or supposed, you spoke; but my opin-ion of your veracity will not permit me for a moment todoubt that you at least believed what you said. I am flat-tered with the personal regard you manifested for me; but Ido hope that on mature reflection you will view the publicinterest as a paramount consideration and therefore let theworst come. Usually during the campaign Lincoln was obliged to meetpersonal attacks, not by letter, but on the platform. JoshuaSpeed, who later became the most intimate friend that Lin-coln probably ever had, tells of one occasion when he wasobliged to meet such an attack on the very spur of the mo-ment. A great mass-meeting was in progress at Spring-. FIRST PUBLISHED ADDRESS 129 field, and Lincoln had made a speech which had produced adeep impression. I was then fresh from Kentucky, says Mr. Speed, andhad heard many of her great orators. It seemed to me then,as it seems to me now, that I never heard a more effectivespeaker. He carried the crowd with him, and swayed themas he pleased. So deep an impression did he make thatGeorge Forquer, a man of much celebrity as a sarcasticspeaker and with a great reputation throughout the State asan orator, rose and asked the people to hear him. He beganhis speech by saying that this young man would have to betaken down, and he was sorry that the task devolvedupon him. He made what was called one of his slasher-gaffspeeches, dealing much in ridicule and sarcasm. Lincolnstood near him
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