Six Months At the White House With Abraham Lincoln: the Story of a Picture
Six Months At the White House With Abraham Lincoln: the Story of a Picture
F B Francis Bicknell Carpenter
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' And so the order was made to read before it left Washington." There is scarcely a parallel in history to the for- bearance exhibited by the President toward Gen- eral McClellan. The incident given above is but one illustration of his impatience with those who preferred charges against the " Commanding Gen- eral." During the last year of his life, however, in. friendly conversation, he could not refrain some- times from an impromptu sarcasm, nevertheless so blended with wit that it must, one w...ould think, eflfectually disarm all resentment. Hosted by Google SIX MONTHS AT THE WHITE HOUSE. 143 About two weeks after the Chicago Convention, the Rev. J. P. Thompson, of New York, called upon the President, in company with the Assistant Secretary of War, Mr. Dana. In the course of conversation. Dr. T. said : " What do you think, Mr. President, is the reason General McClellan does not reply to the letter from the Chicago Con- vention ? " "Oh!" replied Mr. Lincoln, with a characteristic twinkle of the eye, " he is intrench- ing.^^ XLV.
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