Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1872-03-21
One Of 1sr. EinC0In'S Fsercigl,I
Acts,

Col. Forncy tells the following in the
Washington Sundoy CHronicZe, among
his interesting Anecdotes of Public
Men.
While I was Secretary of the Senate,
there was scarcely an hour during any
day that | was not called upon to help
somebody who had friends or kindred
in the army, or had business in the de-
parlmcnts, or was anxious to ret some
poor fellow out Of the Old Capitol Pri-
son. These constant appeals were in
Cca7ant demands upon the time of a very
busy man, but the labor was a labor Of
love, and ! am glad to remember that I
never undertook it reluctantly. One day
very energetic lady called on mc to
take her to the President. and aid her t.
get a private soldier pardOned who had
been sentenced to death for dcscrti0n
and was TO be shot tn" very next morn
ing. We were much pressed in tie Sen
ate. and she had 10 wait long time BE-
fore could accompany her t. the
White House It was late in the after
noon when we got there aud yet the
Cabinet was still In session. | sent nay
name in for MIR Lincoln. and he came
out evidently in profound thought and
full Of some great subject | stated the
object OF our call, and leaving the lady
i'll one OF the anti-ChamberS, returned to
the Senate, which had not yet adjourn
ed thc c4sa made & deep impression
on me, but ! forgot II III the excitement
of the debate and the work at my office.
until perhaps, near ten o'clock that
night, when my female friend came rush
ing into my room, radiant with delight,
with the pardon in her hand. Il have
been up there ever siuee,' said she
THE Cabinet adjourned, and sat wait
ing for the President to come out and
tell me the fate of my poor soldier,
whose case placed in his hands after
You left! but waited in yain-there
was no Mr., Lincoln So / thought
would go up to the door Of his Cabinet
Chamber and knock. | did SO, and as
there was no answer, | opened it and
passed in, and there was the worn Pre-
sident asleep, with his head on the table
resting on his arms, and my boys par
don signed at his side | quietly
walked him, blessed him for his good
deed, and came here to tell you the
glorious news. You have helped me to
save human life"
This is the material, if not for solemn
history, at least for those better lessons
which speak to us from the lives of the
just and the pure.
GRANTS RECONCILIATION Hon Dan
iel H. Chamberlain, Acknowledgement
of South Carolina, in letter, in which
he urges the denomination of General
Grant, says: But | would not place
the choice of General Grant upon the
ground of availability alone or chiefly.
1t is the great fact that he has been tried
and found faithful and he Is honest and
patriotic; that his record of service and
achievement is more illustrious than that
of any American since Washington, that
should move the Republican party to
ask him to stand at the helm of State
for another term. We may make the
largest allowances for mistakes of detail
or policy, which the opponents of his
denomination claim, and still the great
results to which have referred remain
undiminished and undeniable.
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TEMPERANCE. At d temperance meet
ing in Park street church, Boston, Sun
day night, Gov. Washburn spoke for
over an hour In abiding to his Wash
ington experience, he recounted his sur
prise at finding so much respect for tenn
perance principles among members of
Congress. Of the Massachusetts dele
cation, he found that five representa-
tives and one senator were strictly
temperance men. Even in the corrupt
society and amid all the temptations to
intemperanee that the capital presents,
there was not single member of Com
gress who dared to vote against the
abolition of open bars in the capitol
ding, There were more teetotalers,