Recollections of Abraham Lincoln, 1847-1865
Автор:
Ward Hill Lamon, 68 стр., ISBN:
1150966505
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1895 edition. Excerpt: ...much said about this falsehood. Let the thing alone. If I have not established character enough to give the lie to this charge, I can only say that I am mistaken in my own estimate of myself. In politics, every man must skin his own skunk. These fellows are welcome to the hide of this one. Its body has already given forth its unsavory odor." The newspapers and the stump-speakers went on " stuffing the ears of men with false reports " until the fall of 1864, when I showed to Mr. Lincoln a letter, of which the following is a copy. It is a fair sample of hundreds of letters received by me about that time, the Antietam incident being then discussed with increased virulence and new accessions of false coloring. Philadelphia, Sept. 10, 1864. Ward H. Lamon: Dear Sir,--Enclosed...
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