Recollections of Alexander H Stephens His Diary Kept When a Prisoner At Fort
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On the subject of his visit to me, wrote I would be glad to have him come if he should be permitted: how to advise in this matter, I hardly knew; I supposed that special applica- ALEXANDER H. STEPHENS 321 tion would have to be made to the Secretary of War; if he were to make an application stating the facts, and get it approved by Governor Johnson, it might have weight with Secretary Stanton. I added: In no event do I wish anything in such application but a simple statement of the facts of the ...case, with the reason assigned for the interview. I wish nothing like entreaty or adventitious influence brought to bear in my behalf. You understand me. I wish no favours and I shrink from no responsibility. I would sooner die, be hanged, quartered, and gibbeted than to beg for kindness from any mortal on earth, though I am as grate ful as any one ought to be for favours given with that dignity which becomes the bestower and the receiver. Took up Aristotle on "Economics. " His views on family government and economy, the marriage relation, the duties of man and wife, are admirable.
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