, 1879-08-23
Part II. Of "Tho Diary Of @
; Public Man."
Unpublished Passages Of the Bocret
History Of ths American
Civil War,
L{ucoIn's Night.Ride from Harrisburg
to 1Yaslltngton.--The Dla,rs as
LiucolD's Evil Genius.
Btanton's Estimate Of 1iuooln--Dld Floyd
Order Anderson to Fort Sumter ?---
Lord Lyons on tho Situation.
Seuard's Relations with Iineoln."1ht SeWarAlc
Hostility 10 chnse-..llnsefn RRkes
His Own cabiatt.

S.,rord,s tto,ations vith ftueo1n.,,rht SevnrIitc
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Ills urn ta6iaet.
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rAB 1ososf1N1ous Ntrnrntna FROM nAnR1s-
nCnu.
WAsnisoroH, Felt. 2i.--slncc sat and Hat
cnel to ,llp ktIye,r hut truly satanic speech ot
Senator Benjamin, ou ti!B tak[rK leAve Ut tue
Senate three weeks AGO, nushInE has Affected
INC so nainlullv rs this most unfortunate night
trio Of Mr. t.!ncu|n's FROM Harrisburg here. IL
IL In csery Imaginable way i most distressing
an, il1-alstscd thing, and cun scarce]y trust
myself to think Of It. nven hire a'onc in fny
roum. Mr. *ewned ferris about It aa &C. though
he alfccLA, with his usual and rather cxusrrrAt-
Ing nRsln,btlpn Of leVity, 10 l1n0h It OIL But It
hus shaken my confidence, ant II will stal;c the
confidence Of d good many npru pcoplc
IN lhc reality Of lis influence over
thts stranga new man from the Wcss
1t gives weight md importance Of the most
dangerous surt, too, TO the stoEtrs which the
opponents Of peaceful anu satisfactory ad-
1usiment hare been 50 tedulousfy putting aaotlt
III regard 10 the disposition Of tile border
Suites, and particularly Maryland; and it cn'"
not fail to excite most mfsc1Iicy0ts feelinT or
contempt for the Dsfsnnnl character III MSs
Lincoln bmsolf throughout tho country. cs-
pcea1lv ut the so,lth, where It Is most itnpor-
tant aiat peoplc should at thts inoncnt onTe
been maac TO understand that the new Ad'tlin-
strntion comes Into power In the ordinary
trc,tiu,ote wnv. md viii ,o n,csdcl oyrr by n
,N4', " ~" 49, ~" ..s
IN Mu'se14. IN sne ie"e's VI ,s'c tou"
try. nnd III tic iuhntc loyalty ol Amc'le
eoct.e,n,.,,,l I'm s,nrv ~ y, ,hc 1tntan n.sa,stna.
s,,s,a,. IT, .,,,n.rJ ..I, m ,,,on ,.oJ I,oo,,
"'le" 'a'' wy e .'".. t'..
communicated to Aif' Lincoln as coming IRON
Gen. scott; mud It was elcar to me tl'a' Mr.
Ecgnrd himself d;l mt bctieya QUO worti Of IT.
ruo r.,,,, ,, hrIaf ,,,,,.,, ~, In Nr,x Wi ~
a. ,.1,s o,' sisn. -. ,,,,,.so n h;. h., NJ, a.
Hr' Ainso'n' mn 6io" ~ ue''a'c !" nus oc'e ~ ~
Gates. ind nm satisfied ,lat some extraordinary
nrc,sr,c mn.t harc hcc,, cxrr.rh. nnon lin to
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nah..''i' " '"'s "'',." ~ ""s % ..,'..s
hayc been dcplosao'c "lu' fva'oaous' ma ""'en
aopears to ME, happening nj this moment. to be
nothing Icss than caiautous. | col, think of
nothing elsc. IL really throws the whole no-
cA'ner7 OF our system o! IT, eeo're. -iFo w
rca!lv drifting tnto tic wake ot Spautsh AH,eri~
raj This caunot br; and got, WHEN We t.avs
reached point at which ap elected Pres dent OF
me uh'tsa e1aIes CONSENTS 10 oc stnnse'eu
through bg hleht 10 lie tao!tal o1
tire couussr, lest he should Ia ,nur-
derrd In one Of the chief cltfca of the
I1,,,n mn,, ~, h,u, ,ho ro., -, ,tr wor,a for
on'""' WV ~" oa'e ,Hu u.'s -. ~. W." .,.
oc'1eSinE lllat VIC aFe n thnuFe, oe quaF'ei "th
, urBcctadees, like HlEialt, lor taEinS 1t Tor
rrantclf II is s,vkeniu..
Tur n1A,ns .s Nm. 1,yco,s,s yyt1, oys1rs.
~. m.sn1,.ar,>, r'"n or ~ ,.,.., .,,s ,aa..,;,,,.
"Ash1*ofoS, f"o IA E'sit ta's inora'f'E
froH' senatnr pnuEias, and WHO'S ns musll rolf
ecrued as am NJ the suru n!1atrs nrc taking.
liz feels exactly rs ! DO over this w1etctled
smuggling business; md both starftcs aud
shoc,,s mn II, ,.hot be tr1ls mn Of Mr.. sevnrfl'a
rhor. IN |, oss.rtIr" ,,asitivn,,. % ~ NJ. ora -
e"4ls ~ Az asSeanS e"''''e','"s % "'s ~"
kuuwlcdgc, tint. at tie urgent request of Gen.
0ro,t, h1r. Seward ecnt his son TO Mr.. Linz
coin et pltadcIph[a, to i,nprtts upou lin
unl hts frl,nds thr r,n,n,ncnt rcri,
.ns 49, '.,, - n.,.,' ~"
1nes "ou'a 10 III ~ na't'mose. cS-
presscl my utter aurnrfsc aul asked Him II llo
had spoken With Nj. Seward "a The subject
stnce enturt1nr. fre had moi. unn. ,ou ,n,,st
s.sn,.,,.s~,, :, T., 49,, = ,.,,. T., III .t.. $500