Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1870-02-08

"IIe is SO very busy, that l think ii
doubtful"
"Our business is very urgent--a mat.
ter of life and death do you think we can
see him?" e.
81 cannot tell you madam"
"Do you think it probable We can get
an interview. if VIC waltz"
MADAM, l cannot tell you"
That was all the great man said, and
we left his august presence profoundly
convinced that he was the most important
parsonage upon the premises, except per-
haps the lackey who first met us at the
door. .........
We returned to our places in the wait.
ing-room, and seeing a female servant
crossing the hail. asked,
"Will you please carry card to Mrs.
Lincoln ?"
"You cannot see her---she is sick"
II do not wish to see her. Will you
carry her card ?"
The servant asserting, penciled a few
words upon card, the purport of which
may be guessed.
At length Secretaries Chase, Seward,
and Stanton come out so that | know the
Cabinet meeting is over. And now, is il
possible ?-the usher approaches us.
Have you any letters for the Presi,
dcnt?"
| handed him one--thc letter of little
child, the daughter of the condemned. II
was the child's own thought as she had
written it without prompting or aid, and
while the President is reading it you may
do the same.
ITO his Excellency, the President of the
United States:
"Most honored and excellent Sir -
How shall child like me attempt to write
to you on such business as this concerning
my father, j. w. c., who is sentenced
Oh, how can | write ito be shot =
Spare his poor life, | bcseech yon, and
many thanks shall be given you. IF his
life is taken, my mother cannot stand this
heavy blow, and will soon 60 also. am
the oldest of FIVE children; | have three
sisters under eight years. Do not leave
us fathcrless, | bcsccch you. l would
freely give my life to save his.
VIRGINIA c."
The usher soon returns, the door that
has seemed of adamant opans before us,
and with bewildered brain we enter.
The President is sitting near table, and
nearly facing the door, and as he grects
us politely, l notice traces of tears upon
his face His voice, too, betraYs emo
tion.
"Mr. President" l said, with what
steadiness l could command, "thc fus.
band of this lady, j. w. G., Twenty.sev-
enth regiment --- volunteers, is SEN
fenced to be shot, as you have learned
from the letter, and we are come to ask
you to spare his life. Men, lives are get
ting to be precious"
II know it, but | must do something
to keep those fellows, or half of them
would run away"
After some more conversation, which I
cannot exactly recall, he said at last:
"Now you women may go home COM
forted. have telegraphed for them not
to be executed until l send an order, ami
don't intend to send that order"
The poor woman at my side could only
weep her thanks, but | rocollect saying,
more than once "We thank you thou
sand times, SIR" I- ap .a
The President arose and dismissed US
in pleasant and cheerful way, but yet
with such kindly sympathy in word and
manner as shall always gratefully and
affectionately remember.
And so we went out; and that good
face never looked SO good to me at any
other time. except when I looked upon it
lying amid the amentation and heart-break
Of great people, so placid and peaceful,
as if death, to the great martyr, we're on
ly another name for immortality.
I will only add that l subsequently,
knew something of the soldier, and never
had any cause to regret the interest | had
felt In his behalf" ~
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