, 1865-05-31

rsult it Vas Intended to prevent. As to tho
crazy folks, hfaio, why l.nust only take my
cbapcee-1be worst crazy people atP7esent
fear being some Of my own too zealous ad-
herents. That there may be su:h dancers Is
y.u brd mnpy Others have suSEested to ne.
quite possible; but gness 1t wouldn't I'm"
lrove thl1 Es any to publish that NC "eie
atJai6 Of them In ntrance-p...' -,
At ibis point the President turned to the
rapers had brought nyer for hts sign ature,
ard signing them, handed them to me with
fome message for General Hallecks Where
urnn bowed Il yse1f out, and the stream o.
omDium. gatleTum humanity Eom the "alt-
Ing rooms tguin commenced flowing N up9n
him. sometimes in individuals, sometimes III
deIutations or collective waves. =,
4 he whole interview I hare here narrated.
+foneh taking so Euch longer TO tell, had
probably not endured over ten or fifteen min
ut~s, and ii was the fret, sltlough not the
only time, that heard Mr. Lincoln d.scuSs
HIM.
-, The. second time was when lie came over
one evening after dinner to General Hal!eck's
r1lyate quarters to p.otest-ha1f jocu'arly,
Of cavalry which had been detailed without
bis request. and partly against his Will, "
the 1amentcd General Wadsworth. as guard
icr his cerIisEc 10 going 10 and returning
from thsSsldiera' Home. The burden Of hts
complaint was that he md Ms. Lincoln
''ct uldn't hear themselves talk" for the clat-
ter of their saDers and spurs, and that. as
many Of them appeared new hands and very
awkward, he was mere afraid Of being shot
by the occidental discharge Of one Of their
,bines ttau Of any attempt upon bis !ife or
for his capture By the rowing squads Of Jeb
Stuart's cavalry. then lowering all round tlo
exterior works nf the city.
This conversation Is related, as rem aauotd
BY memory Of perhaps m9;a than averagge
ttnacity, precisely az ibp writer Kon.3 re-
xo1a s the matte. i called npon to give evl-
Nothing has been tddcd to 1t, nor anything
Suppressed, that eau recolect. The prcsi-
dents remarks-M rhaps aoliloquy were the
better tc1m-re1atiye to the necessity Of con-
stant intcrconmunfcatfon with the AVERAGE
people Of The country, made deep impress.
sion oa nc; and his calling these general re-
ceptlons his pnbi1c-opinlon baths," was
phrase not eoon TO be forgotten.
From the a5th Of August, 1stso, until re-
l'eved fiom Gen. HallteG's statf-late In De-
ceMber Of ths SANG year-the writer had tho
good loftune Of enjoying frequent opportuni-
Tics OF seeing and hearicg AIR. Lincoln and
more especially dur.n. The dark days from
Ger. Popc's disastrous de!tats at the second
Bull Run md Chantilly untilafter Inc enemy,
IIN'eas ~ IAGA4SllHU Ill aullcIam, HaQ ATAl1
III en- dsfycn South During all this period
The President, accompanied by either Major
Lay or Mr.. Nieolay, spent some houss several
aytnsnss In each week at Gen. Halleck's pri-
vate quarters; and 1t Is certainly mol too
much to say tlat the more any candid mind
saW Of Mr.. Lsncoln-cvcn II opposed to his
political vIcws-thc more deeply must It have
become impressed ny the hotneIy honesty.
klndlinese; force, shrewdness, originality,
hpmer aud selt-saciidctug patriotism Of thnt
great and good mans character.