The Inner Life of Abraham Lincoln : Six Months At the White House
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With- out attempting any discussion of the merits of the controversy between him and the Government, I think it cannot be denied that Mr. Lincoln ever bore toward General Fremont the sincerest good will, though for reasons perhaps not yet fairly esti- mated, as a commander he had failed to realize the public expectation. Some months subsequent to Fremont's removal from the Western Department, one of his personal friends, Mr. Henry C. Bowen, of Brooklyn, hap- pened to be in Washington. Passing t...he Executive Chamber, on his way to the private secretary's of» fice one day, he observed the door ajar, and the President standing near it, in the act of taking down a book from the bookcase. Catching a glimpse of him, Mr. Lincoln said, " Come in ; you are the very man I want to see." Mr. Boweii entered Ui« 222 SIX MONTHS AT THE WHITE HOUSE. :)ffice, and the President, laying aside other busi- ness, said : " I have been thinkino^ a great deal lately about Fremont ; and I want to ask you, as an old friend of his, what is thouo-ht about his contin- aing inactive ?
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