Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1896-10-10
LINCOLN AND STANTON.
These Auectiv,es Show How They Dismissed
Applicants Tor Place.

These Anecdotes Show IIowThcy Dismissed
Applicants Ter Place.
An old st. LouisaH who will not
allow his name t, ~ mentioned
tells the following l,r~>:.al expert
ence he had With L!rtola and Stan
ton:
In the winter Ct 1851, ul. r. serv-
ing three years in the Union army
and being honCrah!y discharged, /
made application i,r t-or>st SUIT.
lership at Point L,.~rut. lily ia.
thcr went 18th mL Il Mr.. Stanton,
who was then sec....!y If War. We
obtained al au,i!c..t", AID ! was
ushertd into the prescLco IF. thu
most pompous man over met. As
wo entered he waved his hand TO,
Us to stop 1T II iiven ,int some dis
t..nco f.1.a LIN and ln.n put these
questions:
did you servo tA.ro years in the
army
II did, sir
"Wero yea honorahly discharg-
ed?"
II was. sly.
Let n.osll yoUr dis, large"
! gavo j. 10 IN. lilo looked it
over and the, sa!.i:
"Wcro yui e,g.' wCundcl?'
told him 80, tt tho lattle Of
williamsburg, day 5, 1861.
II think No Can give this position
to man who Las list un arm or u
leg, sail E!r, S.an,oa. "llc would
be moro deserving.
And then Eo told mo Eo thought l
looked hearty and lCa:.!iy enough
to serve three years more. Ho would
not even give no thanco to argue
my case, but dismissed us With an
other pompous wtyo Ct the hand,
and wo withdrew from the august
presence of the 6, crctary Cf war. J.
Outside MY father suggested We
20 over and sec Mr.. Lincoln. Wo
didn't think it NC uld do us much
good, hut We went. ....
Mr.. Lincoln's reception room was
filled with ladies and gentlemen
when we entered, and tho scene was
one l shall Ie,er forget. On her
knees before the president was q
woman in tho agonies of despair.
With tears streaming from her eyes
she implorcl tho chief executive for
the life of her son, who had deserted
and was Col.L, E.i.ed to be shot.
heard Mr.. Lincoln say : Mad
am, do not act il this way; it is ago
ny to me. would pardon your
son if it vas i'll my power, but there
must bo al example Llado, or ] will
have no army
At this speech tho woman tainted.
Mr.. Lincoln moticLed to two attend.
ants, who lifted her up and carried
her out. Everybody in tho room
was in tears. .,..
Changing the sceno from tho sub.
lime to tho III culous, tho next ap.
plicant for favor was big, buxom
Irish woman, who stood before the
president with arms akimbo, saying:
"Mr. Lincoln, can't ! sell apples
on tho railroad!"
Everybody laughed. s.
Certainly, madam; you can sell
all you wish, said MIR. Lincoln.
But you must give mo IL pass,
or the soldiers will not let me-, con.
tinued the dame from the Emerald
Isle.
Lincoln wrote a few lines and
gave them to her.
''Thank you, sir. God bless you'll"
exclaimed tho happy Irish woman
and whisked out of tho room.
stood and watched the president
for two hours, and he dismissed
each case us quickly as tho forego-
ing. When my turn came, Lincoln
turned to my father:
Now, gentlemen, be as quick as
possible in stating your business, AZ
1t is growing late.
There was but one chair near him,
and he motionCd my father TO sit,
whilo I stood. My father stated the
business that thought us. When ho
had finished, MIR. LirCt In asked il
we had been to SEQ MI Stanton. We
told him VIZ had AID that ho hid 70.
fused.
'This j.; Mr.. Stanton's business,
and l ca.IUt interfere,' said Mr..
Lincoln, LIT l an, sorry that cum
not help you
He saw t.,it we were jappoint.
ed and did his bust % revive our
spirits.
IN tell you how his is, said
the president jocrlarly. II have
thousands CT applications like this
every day, but wo cannot satisfy
all for this reason, that these posi-.
tions arc like office soeEcrs-theru
are too many pigs for the amount OF
milk" ...-..
Tho ladies who were listening to
the conversation put their handker-
chiefs 10 their faces and turned
away, Lut thu joke Of old Abe put
every body in good humor. st. Louis
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