. Abraham Lincoln and the battles of the Civil War . and respect of the entire commu-nity; in the fullness of his years and strength;the struggles of his youth, which were so easyto his active brain and his mighty muscles, allbehind him, and the titanic struggles of hismanhood yet to come. We shall now try tosketch the beginnings of that tremendous con-troversy which he was in a few years to takeup, to guide and direct to its wonderful andtragical close. THE STRONG. DOST deem him weak that owns hisstrength is tried ?Nay, we may safest lean on him that grieves:The pine has immemorially sighed,T
. Abraham Lincoln and the battles of the Civil War . and respect of the entire commu-nity; in the fullness of his years and strength;the struggles of his youth, which were so easyto his active brain and his mighty muscles, allbehind him, and the titanic struggles of hismanhood yet to come. We shall now try tosketch the beginnings of that tremendous con-troversy which he was in a few years to takeup, to guide and direct to its wonderful andtragical close. THE STRONG. DOST deem him weak that owns hisstrength is tried ?Nay, we may safest lean on him that grieves:The pine has immemorially sighed,Th enduring poplars are the trembling leaves. To feel and bow the head is not to fear ; To cheat with jest — that is the cowards the laugh that battles back the tear;Hes false to all thats traitor to his heart. He of great deeds does grope amid the throngLike him whose steps toward Dagons temple bore;Theres ever something sad about the strong—A look, a moan, like that on oceans shore. John Vance Cheney. LEES INVASION OF night in the springof 1863, I was sit-ting in my tentopposite Suffolk,Virginia, whenthere came in aslender, wiry fellowabout five feet eight,with hazel eyes,dark hair and com-plexion, and brownbeard. He wore acitizens suit of darkmaterial, and ex-cept for his stoopedshoulders was well-formed and evi-dently a man ofgreat activity. Hehanded me a notefrom Mr. Seddon,Secretary of War.• me back to ole That was my firstmeeting with thefamous scout Harrison, who in his unpretend-ing citizens dress passed unmolested fromright to left through the Federal army, visitedWashington City, ate and drank with the Fed-eral officers, and joined me at Chambersburgwith information more accurate than a forceof cavalry could have secured. While my command was at Suffolk, engagedin collecting supplies from the eastern coasts ofVirginia and North Carolina, General Burn-side was relieved and General Hooker put incommand of the Federal Army of the
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